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Meanings of slatternly in inglês

Characteristic of or befitting a slut or slattern; used especially of women.

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Examples for "blowsy"
Examples for "blowsy"
1
Her hair came partly undone and fell down over her blowsy face.
The Inferno
2
She was a dark, blowsy girl with a slight squint, about twenty-five.
The God That Failed
3
Are you sure I don't look rather blowsy, and like a milkmaid?
Herb of Grace
4
She was not a blowsy whore, of course-she was an orphan.
The gathering
5
The blowsy lady was grinning; her front teeth had already been knocked out.
Mister Slaughter
1
One is the 19-year-old sluttish Sylvie; the other is the young actor, Patrick.
The new yorker
2
So Noorna continued slapping Kadza, and cried, 'Is she not sluttish?
Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith
3
I will not have him think us poor or sluttish.
J. S. Le Fanu's Ghostly Tales, Volume 1
4
I would not have him think us poor or sluttish.'
The Purcell Papers — Volume 2
5
He sat down in the sluttish armchair and undid the straps of the brief-case.
Nineteen Eighty-Four (1984)
1
It was the nurse, her sleeve lifted, her blowzy face convulsed.
The Poor Little Rich Girl
2
I got a blowzy blond wig, painted-on jeans and cowboy boots.
Exit strategy
3
The loveliness of the woods in March is not, assuredly, of this blowzy rustic type.
Essays of Travel
4
Gwendolyn lifted terrified eyes for a second look at the brick-colored hair, the blowzy countenance.
The Poor Little Rich Girl
5
Meanwhile it gets us a blowzy character, by shouldering roughly among the children of civilization.
One of Our Conquerors — Volume 4
Usage of slatternly in inglês
1
She was cheerful as the snow began to conceal the slatternly yards.
Main Street
2
A knock at the door brought out a slatternly looking colored woman.
The Wife of his Youth and Other Stories of the Color Line, and S...
3
A rigid system, faithfully administered, would be better than a slatternly compromise.
From a College Window
4
The next moment a slatternly-looking girl appeared at the head of the stairs.
Wild Kitty
5
The slatternly woman ran her guns out and returned the broadside with promptitude.
M. or N. "Similia similibus curantur."
6
You are hideous, slatternly, unfriendly; but through all the disguise I recognize you.
Max
7
The Jenkins boys were the children of a drunken father, a slatternly mother.
Apples, Ripe and Rosy, Sir / And Other Stories for Boys and Girl...
8
A slatternly woman looked at her curiously from behind the counter.
The Pawns Count
9
It was a small farm-house carelessly kept outside, slatternly tended within.
Half a Life-Time Ago
10
The landlady, a slatternly sailor's wife, now entered with a light.
Garman and Worse: A Norwegian Novel
11
She has become slatternly and suspicious, feeling tormented by Evil Powers.
The new yorker
12
Stet lives with his slatternly Mum on the wrong side of the tracks.
Radio NZ
13
A slatternly woman stared at the intruders; a dirty child crawled over the hearth.
Melbourne House, Volume 2
14
In the one balcony, five slatternly Irish lasses sat woven in a comely group.
Essays of Travel
15
A woman of rather slatternly appearance came to the door.
The Vision Splendid
16
Throughout, electricity took the place of candles and slatternly hearth-fires.
Babbitt
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