slop-basinn.
A basin for holding slops. Also in figurative phrase (cf. teacup n. c).
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1778 Philos. Trans. 1777 (Royal Soc.) 68 628 A couple of slop-basons full of the grounds of old quass.
1796 F. Burney Camilla II. iii. xii. 228 Is it tea? It looks prodigiously as if just imported out of the slop bason.
1829 E. Bulwer-Lytton Disowned I. iv. 65 Mind hostess raising her hand to a shelf on which stood an Indian slop basin, brought from a cavity a..well sealed epistle.
1861 C. Dickens Great Expectations II. viii. 131 Splashing it into the slop-basin.
1878 Froude Table-talk Shirley 159 I have got into Cæsar, and think no more of this storm in a slop-basin.
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slop-basinful n.
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the world > food and drink > food > serving food > removal of dishes > [noun] > utensils for
voiderc1500
voiding knife1520
voiding plate1610
slop-basin1778
slop-basinful1858
binette1922
1858 A. Mayhew Paved with Gold ii. xvii A slop-basinful of mustard.
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