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slattern away

verb · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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verb

Meaning 1

To consume carelessly or wastefully; to waste.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: 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.

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