coverslut

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A form of cover-slut — An apron or pinafore, worn to hide slovenliness (such as dirt, stains, or tears) in the clothing beneath.

Scrabble 14

Meanings

nouncoverslut (plural coversluts)

plural coversluts

  1. alternativeobsoleteAlternative spelling of cover-slut.

    Great Britain was not there. Almost in despair, I hope she will never, in any rags and coversluts of infamy, be seen at such an exhibition.

    a. 1796, Edmund Burke, “Letter IV: To the Earl Fitzwilliam”, in Letters on a Regicide Peace; republished in The Works of the Right Hon. Edmund Burke, volume 2, London: Holdsworth and Ball, 1834, page 367
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    She did not hesitate to be the "coverslut" of the king's adulterous intercourse, or to weaken the affection of Louis for Madame de Montespan, to whom she owed her position, her residence in France, her bread.

    1854 April 28, Charles Weiss, “The History of the Protestant Refugees of France”, in The Gentleman's Magazine, page 343
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Chicago

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