slop jar

noun

1. a large jar or pail for collecting household slop for disposal.

Word History and Origins

Origin of slop jar¹

First recorded in 1850–55

Example Sentences

“We relieved ourselves in slop jars during the night,” Carter wrote in a memoir.

From Seattle Times

She left her room only at night when everyone was asleep, and then she drifted ghostlike through the house to empty her slop jar out the back door and floated back silently to her room.

From Literature

A bony mouser from downstairs would arch its back and rub mournfully against the slop jar.

From Literature

He never seemed to notice that Granny was still drawing well water and emptying slop jars after other women were turning faucets and pulling tank chains.

From Literature

There were no street vendors here, nor prosperous merchants, only sullen wives emptying their slop jars into the street, sometimes missing the scrawny, shoeless children playing there, sometimes not.

From Literature