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Meaning of slammerkin | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. A loose women's morning gown, popular in the eighteenth century.
    archaic, historical
  2. A slut; an untidy or slatternly woman.
    UK, archaic, colloquial, dialectal

Examples

“As for her other lover, Mr Ricketts, he very shortly after her premature death sought comfort for himself in the arms of a vulgar, huge, coarse Irish slammerkin, Miss Prendergast.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

Slamming slammock Slams slamsex slan Slander

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