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SLOP PAIL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does slop pail mean?
• SLOP PAIL (noun)
The noun SLOP PAIL has 1 sense:
1. a large pail used to receive waste water from a washbasin or chamber pot
Familiarity information: SLOP PAIL used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A large pail used to receive waste water from a washbasin or chamber pot
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
slop jar; slop pail
Hypernyms ("slop pail" is a kind of...):
bucket; pail (a roughly cylindrical vessel that is open at the top)
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