A coarse obnoxious person.
1 I help the auctioneer, the sloven does not half know his business.
2 By six o'clock or six-thirty she had slipped back into the sloven .
3 I'd like to see a little sloven like you do all that!
4 A woman who was a sloven suddenly develops extreme nicety in her attire.
5 That I should see a daughter of mine a sloven and a coward!
6 Not that a dandy is always a gentleman; but an habitual sloven cannot be.
7 Having been a coxcomb in his youth, Fox was now degenerating into the sloven .
8 He dresses as well as I do: would you call that being a sloven ?
9 Nothing must be sloven or slipshod; every door, every fence, must be kept in repair.
10 As to his being a sloven in dress, is that what they say about him?
11 Was she not idle, sulky, scornful, and a sloven ?
12 And is it true he is such a sloven in dress as they say he is?
13 In France, a knave is dressed like a fop; and in the northern countries, like a sloven .
14 He became a sloven in his dress.
15 Being frequently under the necessity of wearing shabby coats and dirty shirts, he became a confirmed sloven .
16 A fellow that has been a sloven always is a puppy for a bit, said Hector philosophically.
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