Although the ultimate origin of the word " slut " is unknown, it first appeared in Middle English in 1402 as " slutte " ( AHD ), with the meaning " a dirty, untidy, or slovenly woman ".
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"I'm sure that they have an image which is the very worst image that a mother could have, and that is of an unfit, drunken, slovenly women who lets her children run around nude with no food, begging at everybody's doorstep ."
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"Slut " may have carried no sexual connotations in this rhyme as its original meaning was simply " a slovenly woman " . ( Compare " Cinderslut ", one of the older titles for " Cinderella ", who was dirty in that she was covered in ashes from raking the cinders .)