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Slatter

name, verb

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.
Verb
  1. 1
    To be awkward, careless, or negligent, especially with regard to dress and neatness. intransitive
  2. 2
    To be wasteful. intransitive

    "A ſoſſe-bangle; a ſluttiſh, ſlattering, lazy VVench, a ruſtic VVord, only uſed by the Vulgar."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From English dialectal slat (“to throw or dash about”), from Middle English sclatten, skleatten (“to flap”), from Old English slǣtan (“to sic”) and/or Old Norse sletta (“to slap, dash”) + -er.

Etymology 2

Variant of Slater.

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