sloven

Noun
Synonyms: slobpigslovenly person

WordNet 3.0

Noun (1)

  1. a coarse obnoxious personSynonyms: slobpigslovenly person
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Sloven \Slov"en\, n. [D. slaf careless, negligent, a sloven; akin to LG. sluf slovenly.] A man or boy habitually negligent of neathess and order; -- the correlative term to slattern, or slut. --Pope. [1913 Webster]

He became a confirmed sloven. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]

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