slop bucket

noun

1. slop pail.

Word History and Origins

Origin of slop bucket¹

First recorded in 1855–60

Example Sentences

The marine saluted, hunted up a slop-bucket, and poured it over with the message.

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His words were, "Let's get some speed out of this slop bucket."

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It had gone down that way, and gone into the slop-bucket, and into the street.

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In each of these cells was a narrow bedstead and a stone jug and slop bucket.

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Keep a slop-bucket, near by, to receive the wash of the room.

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