slop bucket

American  

noun

1. slop pail.

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Etymology

Origin of slop bucket

First recorded in 1855–60

Example Sentences

The three of them devise a game that involves kicking the ball through one doorway or the other, and we’re lucky it never lands in the slop bucket or the soup.

From Literature

Richard is carrying the oatmeal pot for our mess, and James has a slop bucket he has just emptied.

From Literature

I pick up a slop bucket—my ticket to the ship’s deck.

From Literature

I start up the ladder carrying the slop bucket carefully.

From Literature

I need a slop bucket badly, and there is none within reach.

From Literature