slop pail
Americannoun
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a pail for conveying slop in feeding livestock, especially pigs.
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a pail into which household slop is collected for disposal.
Etymology
Origin of slop pail
First recorded in 1860–65
Example Sentences
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Imprisoned in the wild with only a slop pail.
From Time Magazine Archive
The room was filthy and close, and entirely devoid of furniture, with the exception of a rickety stool, a slop pail, and a rusty old stove, one end of which was propped up with bricks.
From The Children of the Poor by Riis, Jacob A. (Jacob August)
A slop pail should never be brought into a sick room.
From Notes on Nursing What It Is, and What It Is Not by Nightingale, Florence
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