slovenly+woman

  • 21Daggle-tail — Dag gle tail ( t[=a]l ), n. A slovenly woman; a slattern; a draggle tail. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 22Taupie — Tau pie, Tawpie Taw pie, n. [Cf. Icel. t[=o]pi fool, Dan. taabe, Sw. t[*a]p.] A foolish or thoughtless young person, esp. a slothful or slovenly woman. [Scot.] Burns. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] …

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  • 23Tawpie — Taupie Tau pie, Tawpie Taw pie, n. [Cf. Icel. t[=o]pi fool, Dan. taabe, Sw. t[*a]p.] A foolish or thoughtless young person, esp. a slothful or slovenly woman. [Scot.] Burns. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] …

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  • 24slattern — I. noun Etymology: probably from German schlottern to hang loosely, slouch; akin to Dutch slodderen to hang loosely, slodder slut Date: circa 1639 an untidy slovenly woman; also slut, prostitute II. adjective Date: 1684 slatternly …

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  • 25Slut of — extremely annoying (thing): I can t get this slut of a mower to work (Middle English slutte slovenly woman, kitchen maid or drudge) …

    Dictionary of Australian slang

  • 26slut of — Australian Slang extremely annoying (thing): I can t get this slut of a mower to work (Middle English slutte slovenly woman, kitchen maid or drudge) …

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  • 27trollop — 1610s, slovenly woman, probably from TROLL (Cf. troll) (v.) in sense of roll about, wallow. [A] certain Anne Hayward, wife of Gregory Hayward of Beighton, did in the parishe church of Beighton aforesaid in the time of Divine Service or Sermon… …

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  • 28drab — drab1 adjective (drabber, drabbest) drearily dull. noun a dull light brown colour. Derivatives drably adverb drabness noun Origin C16 (denoting undyed cloth): prob. from OFr. drap (see drape). drab2 …

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  • 29traipse — [treɪps] verb walk or move wearily, reluctantly, or aimlessly. noun 1》 a tedious or tiring walk. 2》 archaic a slovenly woman. Origin C16: of unknown origin …

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  • 30draggle-tail — n. Slut, drab, sloven, slattern, dowdy, slovenly woman …

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