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slattern away

To consume carelessly or wastefully; to waste.
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I have known many a passion and many a friendship degraded, weakened, and at last, if I may use the expression, wholly slatterned away, by an unguarded and illiberal familiarity.

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Submitted on July 07, 2010

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