slop shoot

Noun

slop shoot (plural slop shoots)

1. (obsolete) A waste disposal shoot.
   • The construction and contents of a particular slop-shoot are thus described by Dr. Whitmore[?]. It was a large space of about 200 feet square, built up at the sides to a considerable height by means of paving stones, so that the liquid matter thrown into it should not escape, and this was filled up...1878, unknown author, The Saturday Review of Politics, Literature, Science, Art, and Finance, volume 45, J. W. Parker and Son, page 518
   • In every passageway where the passengers’ cabins are situated, there is a steward’s station. This is a small space provided with a working table with either a fixed or a folding seat, a locker for storing cleaning materials and a slop sink (see section 184) or a slop shoot (see section 166 part I).1961, J P de Haan, Practical shipbuilding: B, A manual for the construction of seagoing merchant ships and war-ships, from series Ships and Marine Engines, volume 3B, page 149
2. (US, slang) A drinking establishment for US Marines.
   • Meet me at the slopshoot
     On the old Wangpoo
     Bring along your dipnet
     There's enough for two.
     We'll have mashed potatoes
     And some Navy stew
     Meet me at the slopshoot1955, FAETUPAC Songbook, song 37 “Meet Me at the Slopshoot” (scan)
   • The combined club system. I know years ago when I first came in the Marine Corps, I could go down to the slop shoot—that is what we referred to them as in those days; buy a drink for 10 cents; staff sergeants, 15 cents; officers, 20 cents.1981, testimony of Sergeant Major Crawford, Military Construction Appropriations for 1982: Hearings Before a Subcommittee of the Committee on Appropriations, House of Representatives, Ninety-seventh...