slopshop

[ slop-shop ]

/ ˈslɒpˌʃɒp /

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noun

a store at which cheap, ready-made clothing may be purchased.

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Origin of slopshop

First recorded in 1715–25; slop² + shop

At nine I was in the Jewish quarter, striking bargains in an infamous marine slop-shop.
The Riddle of the Sands|Erskine Childers
Bill was out, but she hurried forth again to a slop-shop with which she was well acquainted.
Sunshine Bill|W H G Kingston
Their clothes look as if they had been bought ready-made at a slop-shop.
Town Life in Australia|R. E. N. (Richard) Twopeny
The uglier and cheaper product of the slop-shop has replaced the picturesque drapery of the olden time.
Cities of the Dawn|J. Ewing Ritchie

Crimson Jack is a good horse—no thanks to the puddling and pilfering slop-shop proprietors who manage him.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 98, May 31, 1890|Various