Hypertext Webster Gateway: "slut"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Slut \Slut\, n. [OE. slutte; cf. OD. slodde a slut, Icel.
sl["o]ttr a heavy, loglike fellow, slota to droop.]
1. An untidy woman; a slattern.

Sluts are good enough to make a sloven's porridge.
--Old Proverb.

2. A servant girl; a drudge. [Obs.]

Our little girl Susan is a most admirable slut, and
pleases us mightly, doing more service than both the
others. --Pepys.

3. A female dog; a bitch.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

slut
n 1: a dirty untidy woman [syn: {slattern}, {slovenly woman}]
2: a woman adulterer [syn: {adulteress}, {fornicatress}, {hussy},
{jade}, {loose woman}, {strumpet}]


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