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slop out

British

verb

(intr, adverb) (of prisoners) to empty chamber pots and collect water for washing

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The storage tunnel is supposed to keep 75 million gallons of slop out of the water each year.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 9, 2022

So the prisoners then escalated the protest, refusing to "slop out" the chamber pots left in their cells, as there were no toilets.

From BBC • Apr. 30, 2021

The drill motors and the engines of the watchers' automobiles were silenced; greasy mud began to slop out of the two-inch tube onto the derrick floor.

From Time Magazine Archive

Putting the stool under his left arm, he carried the heavy pail carefully, so none of the milk would slop out.

From "Bridge to Terabithia" by Katherine Paterson

Some of them would be happy to eat one tin of that dog food you slop out twice a day.

From "Please Ignore Vera Dietz" by A.S. King

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