A slovenly woman.
1816. His wife is a drozzle—his floors are an inch thick with dirt—his tables and chairs are covered with grease.—Mass. Spy, Sept. 4.
1821. “Drizzles and slatterns” will not give a good exhilarating draught in the morning, if they had the best coffee in the world…. So much care and attention is required, that I would except a slattern and a drozzle from, &c.—Id., Sept. 26.
