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slopwork

American

[slop-wurk] / ˈslɒpˌwɜrk /

noun

the manufacture of cheap clothing.
clothing of this kind.
work that is carelessly or poorly done.

slopwork British

/ ˈslɒpˌwɜːk /

noun

the manufacture of cheap shoddy clothing or the clothes so produced
any work of low quality

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slopworker

noun

Etymology

Origin of slopwork

First recorded in 1840–50; slop ² + work

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slopwork

I never heard of a butcher making a trade of becoming security, because the slopwork people cannot afford to consume much meat.

From Alton Locke, Tailor and Poet An Autobiography by Thomas Hughes

As far as the trade details and statistics of this gruesome slopwork of East London went, he knew all that could be shown him.

From Sir George Tressady — Volume II by Mrs. Humphry Ward

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