In obsolete terms the difference between sloven and shoven
is that sloven is immoral woman while shoven is past participle of shove.
As a noun sloven
is a man or boy habitually negligent of neatness and order; – the male equivalent of slattern, or slut; untidy, dirty.
As a verb shoven is
past participle of shove.
sloven
English
Noun
(
en noun)
A man or boy habitually negligent of neatness and order; – the male equivalent of slattern, or slut; untidy, dirty.
low, base, lewd
(obsolete) immoral woman
Derived terms
* slovenliness
* slovenly
* slovenness
Anagrams
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