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

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

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

Richard is carrying the oatmeal pot for our mess, and James has a slop bucket he has just emptied.

From Literature