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slop-jar

slop-jar noun: a container used for urinating or defecating when it is not possible or convenient to use a bathroom or toilet; a bedpan, a chamber pot. Commonly used in hospitals, where it is normally called bedpan. Formerly used in private residences that were without an indoor toilet or bathroom.

Noun

slop-jar (plural slop-jars)

  1. (US, dated) A container used for urinating or defecating when it is not possible or convenient to use a bathroom or toilet; a bedpan, a chamber pot. Commonly used in hospitals, where it is normally called bedpan. Formerly used in private residences that were without an indoor toilet or bathroom.
    • "All you fit to do is be Shug's maid... Take out her slop jar, maybe cook her food. You ain't even that good a cook."1985, The Color Purple, 01:58:40
    • "The stage ought to be here," said Miranda, glancing nervously at the tall clock for the twentieth time. "I guess everything's done. I've tacked up two thick towels back of her washstand and put a mat under her slop-jar; but children are awful hard on furniture. I expect we sha'n't know this house...1903, Kate Douglas Wiggin, Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm

Synonyms of slop-jar

Forms of slop-jar

pluralslop-jars

Questions about slop-jar

What does slop-jar mean?
Slop-jar means a container used for urinating or defecating when it is not possible or convenient to use a bathroom or toilet; a bedpan, a chamber pot. Commonly used in hospitals, where it is normally called bedpan. Formerly used in private residences that were without an indoor toilet or bathroom.
What part of speech is slop-jar?
Slop-jar is a noun.
What is the plural of slop-jar?
The plural of slop-jar is slop-jars.

Words near slop-jar in the dictionary

  1. slop-basin
  2. slop-basins
  3. slop-bellied
  4. slop-bowl
  5. slop-bowls
  6. slop-jar
  7. slop-jars
  8. slop-pail
  9. slop-pails
  10. slopaganda
  11. slopdosh

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