Slammerkin
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Slammerkin is a noun meaning (now rare, historical) A loose women's morning gown, popular in the eighteenth century.
Meaning
(now rare, historical) A loose women's morning gown, popular in the eighteenth century.
More Meanings
- (colloquial, now rare, UK, dialect) A slut; an untidy or slatternly woman.
Example Sentences
As for her other lover, Mr Ricketts, he very shortly after her premature death sought comfort for himself in the arms of a vulgar, huge, coarse Irish slammerkin, Miss Prendergast.
Word Forms
- slammerkins
- slamkin
- slammakin
Related Words
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