"slattern away" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: slatterns away [present, singular, third-person], slatterning away [participle, present], slatterned away [participle, past], slatterned away [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} slattern away (third-person singular simple present slatterns away, present participle slatterning away, simple past and past participle slatterned away)
  1. (transitive, dated) To consume carelessly or wastefully; to waste. Tags: dated, transitive
    Sense id: en-slattern_away-en-verb-lyCHBY9j Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (away)

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for slattern away meaning in English (1.4kB)

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          "text": "October 30, 1755 Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield, The World\nI 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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