slop pail

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noun

a pail for conveying slop in feeding livestock, especially pigs.

a pail into which household slop is collected for disposal.

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QUIZ YOURSELF ON "WAS" VS. "WERE"!

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“Was” is used for the indicative past tense of “to be,” and “were” is only used for the subjunctive past tense.

Also called slop bucket.

Origin of slop pail

First recorded in 1860–65

My nostrils have smelt the horrors of the (cloth) diaper pail.
Why Men Shouldn’t Wait To Have Kids|Conor P. Williams|March 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST
But draft one can be a bit “less hard” because you just slop it down.
Thriller Author Steve Berry: How I Write|Noah Charney|July 11, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Homer uses metaphor—‘it was so crowded, it was like bees swarming over a pail of milk.’
Denis O’Hare Talks About One-Man Show “An Iliad”|Janice Kaplan|March 25, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Let us try to set aside—preferably forever—the image of the ever-immaculate Romney crouched bare-assed over a pail.
Mitt Romney's 'Missionary in France' Tale Won't Make Us Forget He's Rich|Michelle Cottle|December 15, 2011|DAILY BEAST

But it was hard to be the party of Wall Street and the party of the lunch-pail at the same time.
Why Obama Can Spend, Spend, Spend|Peter Beinart|December 24, 2008|DAILY BEAST
At the farm-gate they met Dorothy, fresh and blooming as a rose, with a pail in each hand foaming to the brim with milk.
The World Before Them|Susanna Moodie
She kicked at Jehosophat and over went the pail of milk which his father had almost full.
Seven O'Clock Stories|Robert Gordon Anderson
Sometimes a milk-pail is represented near a lamb, or hanging on a crook by its side, or even resting on its back.
The Catacombs of Rome|William Henry Withrow
He listened carefully before, standing outside in the cold, he poured over his head and shoulders a pail of cold water.
The Amazing Interlude|Mary Roberts Rinehart
The root thus broken up is rubbed about in a great pail, with water slowly added.
The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 25 (of 25)|Robert Louis Stevenson