slop shop
slop shop noun: a shop where slops (ready-made clothes) are sold.
Noun
slop shop (plural slop shops)
- A shop where slops (ready-made clothes) are sold.
- [H]e was therefore eaſily prevailed on to bind me apprentice to one of my ſtep-mother's friends, who kept a ſlop-ſhop in Wapping.1798, Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin, “[Maria: or, The] Wrongs of Woman”, in W[illiam] Godwin, editor, Posthumous Works of the Author of A Vindication of the Rights of Woman. […], volume I, London: […]...
- We were therefore under the necessity of sending to a slop shop and each purchasing a shirt, etc.1808–10, William Hickey, Memoirs of a Georgian Rake, Folio Society 1995, p. 189
Forms of slop shop
| plural | slop shops |
|---|---|
| alternative form | slopshop |
| alternative form | slop-shop |
Origin of slop shop
From slop + shop.
Questions about slop shop
- What does slop shop mean?
- Slop shop means a shop where slops (ready-made clothes) are sold.
- What part of speech is slop shop?
- Slop shop is a noun.
- What is the plural of slop shop?
- The plural of slop shop is slop shops.
Words near slop shop in the dictionary
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