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单词 slopwork
释义

slopwork

[ slop-wurk ]
/ ˈslɒpˌwɜrk /

noun

the manufacture of cheap clothing.
clothing of this kind.
work that is carelessly or poorly done.

Origin of slopwork

First recorded in 1840–50; slop2 + work

OTHER WORDS FROM slopwork

slopworker, noun

Words nearby slopwork

sloppy, Sloppy Joe, Sloppy Joe's, slopshop, slop sink, slopwork, slorm, slosh, sloshed, sloshy, slot
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Example sentences from the Web for slopwork

  • If they are tailors, they compete with old women in making “slopwork” for the lower class of salesmen.

    Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 377, March 1847|Various
  • And thus what slopwork, what toymakers', ironmongers' stuff it all was!

    The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete|Emile Zola

British Dictionary definitions for slopwork

slopwork
/ (ˈslɒpˌwɜːk) /

noun

the manufacture of cheap shoddy clothing or the clothes so produced
any work of low quality

Derived forms of slopwork

slopworker, noun
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