Noun: slattern sla-tu(r)n
Usage: offensive
Usage: offensive
- A dirty untidy woman
"The neighbours gossiped about the slattern who never seemed to clean her house";
- A prostitute who attracts customers by walking the streets
"The police patrolled areas known to be frequented by slatterns";
- streetwalker, street girl, hustler
Derived forms: slatterns
Type of: adult female, cyprian [archaic, informal], dag [Austral, NZ, informal], pig [informal], prostitute [informal], prozzie [slang], schlump [N. Amer, informal], shlump [N. Amer, informal], slob [Brit, informal], sloven, slovenly person, trull [archaic], wench [archaic], woman
Encyclopedia: Slattern