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English
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Probably Swedish slaska, to dabble, slask, wet.”)
Noun
slaister (uncountable)
- (Scotland) mess
- (Scotland) slovenly work
Verb
slaister (third-person singular simple present slaisters, present participle slaistering, simple past and past participle slaistered)
- (transitive, Scotland) To bedaub.
- (intransitive, Scotland) To slabber.
- (intransitive, Scotland) To move about in a dirty, slovenly manner.
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