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Definition of Slops
1. Noun. Wet feed (especially for pigs) consisting of mostly kitchen waste mixed with water or skimmed or sour milk.
Generic synonyms: Feed, Provender
Derivative terms: Slop, Slop, Swill
2. Noun. Cheap clothing (as formerly issued to sailors in Britain).
Definition of Slops
1. Noun. (plural of slop) Scraps that will be fed to animals, particularly to hogs. ¹
2. Noun. (context: in the plural nautical dated) clothing and bedding issued to sailors ¹
3. Noun. (context: in the plural nautical dated) sailors' breeches ending just below the knees or above the ankles, worn mainly in XVIII century ¹
4. Noun. (context: in the plural dated) The waste, dirty water of a house. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Slops
1. slop [v] - See also: slop
Lexicographical Neighbors of Slops
Literary usage of Slops
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Handbook of Hygiene and Sanitary Science by George Wilson (1884)
"DISPOSAL OF slops. The terra slop - water, as commonly understood, is used to
indicate ordinary household liquid refuse exclusive of faecal matter. ..."
2. The Statutes of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland [1807-1868/69] by Great Britain, George Kettilby Rickards (1818)
"for slops or Goods ... and ha* received the Money and slops above mentioned ; he
fays he was bom at in the County of j Complexion, Eyes, and Hair, ..."
3. The English Reader; Or, Pieces in Prose and Verse, from the Best Writers by Lindley Murray (1842)
"Ev'n with the tender tear which Nature sheds O'er those we iove, we drop it in
their grave.—TOUNO SECTION X. That Philosophy, which slops a* Secondary ..."
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