slatter n Cp EDD slatter-cum-drash sb D Co 'uproar, confusion,' slatterly a 2 'slovenly.' Phr slatter and sling, slatterly sling, slatter to sling, etc: untidy, chaotic; SLING: in slings.
1863 MORETON 32 Slatterty-sling. Perhaps meaning slatternly sling. An expressive nautical substitute for the English 'sixes and sevens,' or 'hither and thither.' 1937 DEVINE 45 Slatterly-sling. In disorder. The Irish youngsters used their own word in the early days, viz. Train-ah-Kalia. P 57-65 Everything's all slatter and sling. P 266-66 When a room or other place is in a state of disorder it is said to be all slatter to sling.
