slop bucket
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of slop bucket
First recorded in 1855–60
Example Sentences
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Her only contact with other humans is a slit through which she can hear daily mass, save for Marte, the low-ranking Beguine assigned to deliver her meals and empty her slop bucket.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 4, 2026
The slop bucket sloshes on think tanks, lobbyists, message mavens and other influence peddlers.
From Fox News ● Nov. 8, 2019
Each had a single cell some seven foot square around a concrete courtyard, with a slop bucket.
From BBC ● Dec. 11, 2013
A Kansan reflected the spreading disenchantment by likening the war to "running a foot race with one foot stuck in a slop bucket."
From Time Magazine Archive
There was no window, no bed, not even a slop bucket.
From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin
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