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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. IX).
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Sluttish, adj. [ME and e.m.E. sluttish (Chaucer), sluttysshe (1525), sluttish (1561); Slut n.] Slovenly or ? gluttonous. —1632 Lithgow Trav. i 26.
They of the vulgar kind are both ignorant, sluttish and greedy
