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slop-pails

slop-pails is the plural of slop-pail.

Meaning of slop-pail

Noun

slop-pail (plural slop-pails)

  1. (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.

Questions about slop-pails

What is slop-pails the plural of?
Slop-pails is the plural of slop-pail.

Words near slop-pails in the dictionary

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

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