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Synonyms for sloven

Grammar : Noun
Spell : sluhv-uh n
Phonetic Transcription : ˈslʌv ən

Définition of sloven

Origin :
  • late 15c., "immoral woman," later (16c.) also "rascal, knave" (regardless of gender); probably from a continental Germanic source, cf. Middle Flemish sloovin "a scold," sloef "untidy, shabby," Dutch slof "careless, negligent," Middle Low German sloven "put on clothes carelessly," from Proto-Germanic *slaubjan, from PIE *sleubh- "to slide, slip" (see sleeve). Meaning "person careless of dress or negligent of cleanliness" is from 1520s. Cf. also slut.
  • As in slob : noun pig
  • As in slob : noun messy person
Example sentences :
  • Having been a coxcomb in his youth, Fox was now degenerating into the sloven.
  • Extract from : « Beaux and Belles of England » by Mary Robinson
  • The sloven becomes the bungler, and the bungler is on the high road to failure.
  • Extract from : « Rural Life and the Rural School » by Joseph Kennedy
  • He had seen the sloven tilled decks and the savage-eyed crew.
  • Extract from : « "Captains Courageous" » by Rudyard Kipling
  • As to his being a sloven in dress, is that what they say about him?
  • Extract from : « The Rose of Old St. Louis » by Mary Dillon
  • The sloven and the dude are both slaves; but in different ways.
  • Extract from : « Practical Ethics » by William DeWitt Hyde
  • To wit ‘a sloven’ and ‘a glutton’; Perhaps his weakness was Scotch Mutton.
  • Extract from : « A Humorous History of England » by C. Harrison
  • Nothing must be sloven or slipshod; every door, every fence, must be kept in repair.
  • Extract from : « Up From Slavery: An Autobiography » by Booker T. Washington
  • The obvious disadvantage is the encouragement it offers to the sloven.
  • Extract from : « Home Life in Germany » by Mrs. Alfred Sidgwick
  • He is a sloven, indeed, who would crop his peach-orchard with grass or grain.
  • Extract from : « The Peaches of New York » by U. P. Hedrick
  • A sloven, except on Sundays and courting-days, and then only clean on the outside.
  • Extract from : « The Knickerbocker, Vol. 10, No. 3, September 1837 » by Various

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