25,000 people die every day due to starvation.
5 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:

Slattern \Slat"tern\, noun A woman who is negligent of her dress or house; one who is not neat and nice.

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:

Slattern \Slat"tern\, adjective Resembling a slattern; sluttish; slatterny. ''The slattern air.'' --Gay.

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:

Slattern \Slat"tern\, verb (used with an object) To consume carelessly or wastefully; to waste; -- with away. [R.] --Chesterfield.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

slattern

noun

1: a prostitute who attracts customers by walking the streets [syn: {streetwalker}, {street girl}, {hooker}, {hustler}, {floozy}, {floozie}]

2: a dirty untidy woman [syn: {slut}, {slovenly woman}, {trollop}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

41 Moby Thesaurus words for "slattern": baggage, bimbo, blowsy, crone, dowdy, drab, draggletailed, fallen woman, frowsy, frump, gammer, hag, harlot, hog, hooker, hussy, hustler, jade, litterbug, loose woman, pig, pro, prostitute, schlep, schlump, slob, sloven, slut, sordid, streetwalker, strumpet, swine, tart, traipse, tramp, trollop, trull, wanton, wench, whore, witch

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