slop bucket
noun
Origin of slop bucket
1First recorded in 1855–60
Words Nearby slop bucket
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How to use slop bucket in a sentence
The marine saluted, hunted up a slop-bucket, and poured it over with the message.
News from the Duchy | Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-CouchHis words were, "Let's get some speed out of this slop bucket."
The Beasts in the Void | Paul W. FairmanIt had gone down that way, and gone into the slop-bucket, and into the street.
Hot corn: Life Scenes in New York Illustrated | Solon RobinsonIn each of these cells was a narrow bedstead and a stone jug and slop bucket.
Dulcibel | Henry PetersonKeep a slop-bucket, near by, to receive the wash of the room.
A Treatise on Domestic Economy | Catherine Esther Beecher
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