ENGLISH DICTIONARY

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

  1. (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

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