slop pail

noun

1. a pail for conveying slop in feeding livestock, especially pigs.
2. a pail into which household slop is collected for disposal.

Word History and Origins

Origin of slop pail¹

First recorded in 1860–65

Example Sentences

It was too cold to use the outhouse, so we used the 'slop pail' in the house.

From BBC

After nightfall a passenger went about at his peril, for chamber windows were opened and slop pails unceremoniously emptied.

From Project Gutenberg

The room was filthy and close, and entirely devoid of furniture, with the exception of a rickety stool, a slop pail, and a rusty old stove, one end of which was propped up with bricks.

From Project Gutenberg

A slop pail should never be brought into a sick room.

From Project Gutenberg

They were black with spilled water, and underneath them was a fine medley of dinted zinc jugs, slop pails and coarse yellow earthenware crocks.

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