slops

slops
a) Scraps that will be fed to animals, particularly to hogs.

I dont mind slopping the hogs, I just mind the stench of the slops.

b) clothing and bedding issued to sailors

(A direct quote from: 1897 Universal Dictionary of the English Language, v 4 p 4310)


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