slop bucket

noun

1. slop pail.

Word History and Origins

Origin of slop bucket¹

First recorded in 1855–60

Example Sentences

The three of them devise a game that involves kicking the ball through one doorway or the other, and we’re lucky it never lands in the slop bucket or the soup.

From Literature

Richard is the only one I can ask, the only one who should be asked to bring a slop bucket to another servant.

From Literature

I pick up a slop bucket—my ticket to the ship’s deck.

From Literature

I start up the ladder carrying the slop bucket carefully.

From Literature

I need a slop bucket badly, and there is none within reach.

From Literature