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slop-jars

slop-jars is the plural of slop-jar.

Meaning of slop-jar

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

Questions about slop-jars

What is slop-jars the plural of?
Slop-jars is the plural of slop-jar.

Words near slop-jars in the dictionary

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

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