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slopshop

[slop-shop]

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noun

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

Origin of slopshop

First recorded in 1715–25; slop² + shop

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019

Examples from the Web for slopshop

Historical Examples of slopshop

Slopshop, a tailors shop where inferior work is done, and where cheap goods are sold.
The Slang Dictionary
John Camden Hotten
So that as soon as my comrade was decently array'd at the first slopshop we came to, 'twas high time to seek an inn.
The Splendid Spur
Arthur T. Quiller Couch
Here was no jig-saw, paper-patterned, conventional German or French slopshop toy, daubed over with ill-smelling paint.
The Jack-Knife Man
Ellis Parker Butler
At the first slopshop I encountered in the suburbs of the town, I got a carpet-bag and a clerical-looking suit.
A Rogue's Life
Wilkie Collins