SLATTER

Proper noun

Slatter

A surname.

Anagrams

• Stalter, Statler, rattles, starlet, startle

Etymology

Verb

slatter (third-person singular simple present slatters, present participle slattering, simple past and past participle slattered)

To be careless, negligent, or awkward, especially with regard to dress and neatness.

To be wasteful.

Anagrams

• Stalter, Statler, rattles, starlet, startle

Source: Wiktionary


Slat"ter, v. i. Etym: [E. slat to throw or dash about.]

Definition: To be careless, negligent, or aswkward, esp. with regard to dress and neatness; to be wasteful. Ray.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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