(For noun and adj. definition of slovenly woman, and slovenly, it is a dialect form of SLAMMOCKING) CLICK HERE FOR KEY TO SOURCES Of obscure origin; the shorter forms slammock(s, slommack(s occur widely in dialect, but are not recorded before the 19th century. From E-NED: Mrs. Slammekin, who is described as affecting a careless undress, is a character in Gay's Beggars' Opera (1727). It is more probable that the colloquial word suggested the name than that it was subsequently derived from it. 1756 - The Connoisseur. Number 134; see Example below From: The Connoisseur
By Mr. Town, Critic and Censor-General, Volume the Fourth, 1757. Numb. CXXXIV. Thursday, August, 19, 1756. Mr. Village to Mr. Town P. 232
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