slatternness

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

slattern +‎ -ness

Noun[edit]

slatternness (uncountable)

  1. The condition of being a slattern; slatternliness.
    • 1831, “Mirror of the Graces”, in The Journal of Health, volume 2, page 78:
      The two extremes of tasteless extravagance and of slatternness are to be carefully avoided.
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