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Meaning of slattern away | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B2

Definitions

To consume carelessly or wastefully; to waste.

dated, transitive

Examples

“October 30, 1755 Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield, The World I have known many a passion and many a friendship degraded, weakened, and at last, if I may use the expression, wholly slatterned away, by an unguarded and illiberal familiarity.”

CEFR level

B2

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

See also

slatterned away slatterning away slatterns away slatters slatting slaughter