"slammerkin" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: slammerkins [plural]
Etymology: Unknown. Etymology templates: {{unk|en}} Unknown Head templates: {{en-noun}} slammerkin (plural slammerkins)
  1. (now rare, historical) A loose women's morning gown, popular in the eighteenth century. Tags: archaic, historical
    Sense id: en-slammerkin-en-noun-S5-Gcb0U Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 86 14 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 92 8 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 93 7
  2. (colloquial, now rare, UK, dialect) A slut; an untidy or slatternly woman. Tags: UK, archaic, colloquial, dialectal
    Sense id: en-slammerkin-en-noun-JaJI8CWc Categories (other): British English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: slamkin, slammakin

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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