slattern away
English
Verb
slattern away (third-person singular simple present slatterns away, present participle slatterning away, simple past and past participle slatterned away)
- (transitive, dated) To consume carelessly or wastefully; to waste.
- October 30, 1755 Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield, The World
- I 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.
- October 30, 1755 Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield, The World
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