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Slatternliness

Slatternliness \Slat"tern*li*ness\, n. The quality or state of being slatternly; slovenliness; untidiness.

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slatternliness

n. The condition of being slatternly, or of being a slattern

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slatternliness

n. in the manner of a slattern [syn: sluttishness]

Usage examples of "slatternliness".

I had thought it was just slatternliness, but walking slowly toward that dais I thought no, she does nothing by accident.

The number and appearance of the women employed is a good answer to those pessimists who maintain that the curse of the poorer Irish is the filthiness, laziness, and general slatternliness of the women.

The room in fact was as depressing from its slatternliness as from its atmosphere of erudition.