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slop bucket — or slop pail noun A pail for removing bedroom slops or used by prisoners to slop out • • • Main Entry: ↑slop * * * slop basin, slop bowl, or slop bucket, a container for holding slops or swill … Useful english dictionary
slop bucket — /ˈslɒp bʌkət/ (say slop bukuht) noun bucket for removing slops. Also, slop pail …
slop bucket. — See slop pail. [1855 60] … Useful english dictionary
slop bucket — noun a) a pail used to hold food waste for disposal, e.g. by feeding to pigs b) a receptacle used to hold liquid waste … Wiktionary
slop pail — noun a large pail used to receive waste water from a washbasin or chamber pot • Syn: ↑slop jar • Hypernyms: ↑bucket, ↑pail * * * noun : a pail for toilet or household slops * * * 1. a pail for conveying slop in feeding livestock, esp. pigs … Useful english dictionary
bucket — noun ⇨ See also ↑pail ADJECTIVE ▪ empty, full ▪ galvanized, metal, plastic ▪ leaky ▪ champagne … Collocations dictionary
slop basin — noun a bowl into which the dregs of teacups and coffee cups are emptied at the table • Syn: ↑slop bowl • Regions: ↑United Kingdom, ↑UK, ↑U.K., ↑Britain, ↑United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
slop bowl — noun a bowl into which the dregs of teacups and coffee cups are emptied at the table • Syn: ↑slop basin • Regions: ↑United Kingdom, ↑UK, ↑U.K., ↑Britain, ↑United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
slop pail — 1. a pail for conveying slop in feeding livestock, esp. pigs. 2. a pail into which household slop is collected for disposal. Also called slop bucket. [1860 65] * * * … Universalium
slop out — 1. (of a prisoner) to take away and empty out a bucket containing urine and faeces 2. To take slops from (a cell) • • • Main Entry: ↑slop * * * ˌslop ˈout derived (BrE) when prisoners slop out, they empty the containers that they use as toilets … Useful english dictionary
