Definition of Slopers

1. sloper [n] - See also: sloper

Lexicographical Neighbors of Slopers

slop bowl
slop bucket
slop chest
slop jar
slop pail
slopdosh
slope
slope culture
slope field
slope fields
slope off
sloped
slopelike
slopeness
sloper
slopers (current term)
slopes
slopeside
slopestyle
slopewash
slopewashes
slopewise
slopey
slopier
slopiest
sloping
sloping trough
slopingly
slopingness
slopings

Literary usage of Slopers

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Wages and Regularity of Employment in the Dress and Waist Industry of New by Nahum Isaac Stone (1915)
"slopers. slopers are assistant cutters, whose work is described under the heading ... TABLE 63—slopers, WEEK WORKERS, RECEIVING EACH CLASSIFIED RATE OF ..."

2. All the Year Round: A Weekly Journal by Charles Dickens (1884)
"Among this class of tenantry is a section usually spoken of as " slopers," who ... The proceedings of the slopers had so depreciated the value of these ..."

3. Proceedings of the Western Gas Association by Western Gas Association (1899)
"L'24 i.ooo cubic feet of gas made the slopers cost less to build than horizontal retorts. And as to cost of manipulation, the stoking machines—of which he ..."

4. Proceedings of the Western Gas Association Annual Meeting by Western Gas Association (1899)
"1,ooo cubic feet of gas made the slopers cost less to build than horizontal retorts. And as to cost of manipulation, the stoking machines—of which he had a ..."

5. Transactions (1899)
"The illuminating power of the gas produced with slopers of 15£ feet length ... But the great advantage of the slopers lies in the fact that neither skilled ..."

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