SLATTERNS

Noun

slatterns

plural of slattern

Source: Wiktionary


SLATTERN

Slat"tern, n.

Definition: A woman who is negligent of her dress or house; one who is not neat and nice.

Slat"tern, a.

Definition: Resembling a slattern; sluttish; slatterny. "The slattern air." Gay.

Slat"tern, v. t.

Definition: To consume carelessly or wastefully; to waste; -- with away. [R.] Chesterfield.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.

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