slammock
A British regional dialect word for a slattern — a slovenly, untidy woman — or more broadly for an awkward, lumbering person.
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A British regional dialect word for a slattern — a slovenly, untidy woman — or more broadly for an awkward, lumbering person. The word has a disapproving edge and is dialectal rather than mainstream slang. Found in older English dialect literature from the Midlands and northern counties.
She called her neighbor a slammock for leaving rubbish piled up by the front gate all week.
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(UK, regional) A slattern or awkward person.
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(colloquial, now, rare, UK, dialect) A slut; an untidy or slatternly woman.
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