slopshop

[ slop-shop ]

noun

1. a store at which cheap, ready-made clothing may be purchased.

Word History and Origins

Origin of slopshop¹

First recorded in 1715–25; slop ² + shop

Example Sentences

At the first slopshop I encountered in the suburbs of the town, I got a carpet-bag and a clerical-looking suit.

From Project Gutenberg

Slopshop, a tailors shop where inferior work is done, and where cheap goods are sold.

From Project Gutenberg

So that as soon as my comrade was decently array'd at the first slopshop we came to, 'twas high time to seek an inn.

From Project Gutenberg

Here was no jig-saw, paper-patterned, conventional German or French slopshop toy, daubed over with ill-smelling paint.

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