As to his dress in general, he cannot indeed be called a sloven, but sometimes he is too gaudy, at other times too plain, to be uniformly elegant. From Wordnik.com. [Clarissa Harlowe] Reference
As to his being a sloven in dress, is that what they say about him?. From Wordnik.com. [The Rose of Old St. Louis] Reference
I learned Lambaneish insults meaning slattern, sloven, idler, lackwit. From Wordnik.com. [Wildfire] Reference
They are the most unpatriotic, sloven, knuckle-draggers I've ever seen. From Wordnik.com. [War funding bill survives procedural vote... barely] Reference
Amid the disrepair, stench, and sloven-liness he nevertheless stands out. From Wordnik.com. [Passage at Arms]
Not that a dandy is always a gentleman; but an habitual sloven cannot be. From Wordnik.com. [Etiquette] Reference
No, he thought, he did not seriously dislike this fetid sloven beneath him. From Wordnik.com. [An Apostate: Nawin of Thais] Reference
In France, a knave is dressed like a fop; and in the northern countries, like a sloven. From Wordnik.com. [The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling] Reference
The sloven, she thought bitterly, has probably switched off her alarm so she could sleep. From Wordnik.com. [The Rolling Stones]
You see a hundred men on parade and doubtless your eye goes to the one sloven with a dirty musket. From Wordnik.com. [Sharpe's Trafalgar]
This sloven real life jabba the hut is really a nuisance to society, but he has his moments of entertainment. jvoe Says. From Wordnik.com. [Matthew Yglesias » The Wrath of Rush] Reference
I hear that Goldsmith is a very great sloven, and justifies his disregard for cleanliness and decency by quoting my example. From Wordnik.com. [English Literature for Boys and Girls] Reference
I should be sorry that you were an egregious fop; but, I protest, that of the two, I would rather have you a fop than a sloven. From Wordnik.com. [Letters to his son on The Art of Becoming a Man of the World and a Gentleman] Reference
This little boy's mother was, poor woman, very much of a sloven, but he had a string of little sisters who were as nice as could be. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine, October 1885] Reference
He did not discourage her, although he referred to her as 'a philosophical sloven, with lank hair, black stockings and a beaver hat '. From Wordnik.com. [Mary Wollstonecraft (1759-1797)] Reference
But surely, Madam, there is a middle way to be observed, in these, as in most other cases; for a man need not be a sloven, any more than a fop. From Wordnik.com. [Pamela] Reference
Hence the contempt for popular books and the naïve tolerance of dullness and difficulty in any quack or sloven who comes before them with lofty pretensions. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2009-10-01] Reference
When in public, the professor was still a sloven; but his heavy form and majestic head and countenance -- though he was not a tall man -- at once commanded respect. From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 4, April, 1862 Devoted To Literature And National Policy] Reference
Instead of the careless, indolent sloven we knew at Oxford, I found him a busy talkative politician; a petit-maitre in his dress, and a ceremonious courtier in his manners. From Wordnik.com. [The Expedition of Humphry Clinker] Reference
His dress must exhibit either the negligence of a sloven, (in case he be an aspirant for very high honours indeed,) or the grave precision of a respectable gentleman of forty. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, Number 358, August 1845] Reference
He had seen the sloven tilled decks and the savage-eyed crew. From Wordnik.com. [Captains Courageous] Reference
+The sloven and the dude are both slaves; but in different ways. From Wordnik.com. [Practical Ethics] Reference
The obvious disadvantage is the encouragement it offers to the sloven. From Wordnik.com. [Home Life in Germany] Reference
"That sloven thinks he can hide his ribbons by the gowns of his companions.". From Wordnik.com. [Reminiscences of Samuel Taylor Coleridge and Robert Southey] Reference
Having been a coxcomb in his youth, Fox was now degenerating into the sloven. From Wordnik.com. [Beaux and Belles of England Mrs. Mary Robinson, Written by Herself, With the lives of the Duchesses of Gordon and Devonshire] Reference
Nothing must be sloven or slipshod; every door, every fence, must be kept in repair. From Wordnik.com. [Up from Slavery: an autobiography] Reference
"I tell you, I don't know the man; but if he said that, he's a dirty sloven, sure enough!". From Wordnik.com. [Under Fire: the story of a squad] Reference
Do you know of any woman who has had a passion for a sloven, even if he were a remarkable man?. From Wordnik.com. [The Thirteen] Reference
+ -- The sloven is known by his dirty hands and face, his disheveled hair, and tattered garments. From Wordnik.com. [Practical Ethics] Reference
He wondered what the forces might be which had brought such a daughter to this sloven, this virago. From Wordnik.com. [Cavanaugh: Forest Ranger A Romance of the Mountain West] Reference
But now he became sloven in dress, often issued forth unshaven, and sat sprawled at his desk in the. From Wordnik.com. [The Plum Tree] Reference
The surest sign of a sloven and a failure, of a moral, mental, and physical no-good is down-at-the-heel. From Wordnik.com. [Susan Lenox: Her Fall and Rise] Reference
Being frequently under the necessity of wearing shabby coats and dirty shirts, he became a confirmed sloven. From Wordnik.com. [Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches — Volume 3] Reference
I could better eat with one who did not respect the truth or the laws than with a sloven and unpresentable person. From Wordnik.com. [Essays — Second Series] Reference
Then there's Henry's niece, Joan -- "then pronounced as a dissyllable, Joan --" but I wouldn't have such a sloven about me. From Wordnik.com. [One Snowy Night Long ago at Oxford] Reference
He was lazy and sloven of mornings, and since he had no office to go to he grew more neglectful of his appearance than ever. From Wordnik.com. [We Can't Have Everything] Reference
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