slop-over
Americannoun
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an act or instance of spilling or slopping over.
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an amount spilled; spillover; overflow.
Etymology
Origin of slop-over
1905–10, noun use of verb phrase slop over
Example Sentences
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It took the team more than an hour to fully contain the slop-over.
From The New Yorker ● Aug. 19, 2019
When offered too late it turns into something else, a thank-you made soggy by the slop-over of guilt and apology.
From Time Magazine Archive
To stand no sentiment or nonsense either in herself or others was the first article of faith; not to slop-over anywhere.
From The Patrician by John Galsworthy
"Wal," he said, "he's as good anyhow as slop-over soldiers."
From The Plow-Woman by Eleanor Gates
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