Meaning of Slops | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Loose trousers.
   obsolete, plural, plural-only
2. Sailors’ breeches ending just below the knees or above the ankles, worn mainly in XVIII century.
   historical, plural, plural-only
3. Clothing and bedding issued to sailors.
   dated, plural, plural-only

Equivalents

Examples

“Chrysippus said that some Philosophers would in open view of all men shew a dozen of tumbling-tricks, yea, without any slops or breeches, for a dozen of olives.”

“A pair of slops.”

The New Arcadia

“The original "slops" were voluminous breeches of about knee length, reminiscent of 17th century "petticoat breeches", worn with stockings; these continue to be depicted as late as 1790s, but trousers, first introduced as slop-clothing in 1720s, were more functional and more popular.”

“I don't mind slopping the hogs, but I don't like the stench of the slops.”

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