Coffee has initially been a food – chewed, not sipped. Early African tribes consume coffee by grinding the berries together, adding some animal fat, and rolling the treats into tiny edible energy balls.
SLOPS
slops
(noun) cheap clothing (as formerly issued to sailors in Britain)
slop, slops, swill, pigswill, pigwash
(noun) wet feed (especially for pigs) consisting of mostly kitchen waste mixed with water or skimmed or sour milk
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Noun
slops pl (plural only)
(obsolete) Loose trousers.
(nautical, historical) Sailors’ breeches ending just below the knees or above the ankles, worn mainly in XVIII century.
Synonym: open-kneed breeches
(nautical, dated) Clothing and bedding issued to sailors.
(South Africa) plural of slop (“rubber thong sandals”)
Synonyms
• (an item of footwear): see list in flip-flop
Etymology 2
Noun
slops
plural of slop (“scraps fed to animals; household wastewater”)
Verb
slops
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of slop
Source: Wiktionary
SLOP
Slop, n. Etym: [OE. sloppe a pool; akin to As. sloppe, slyppe, the sloppy droppings of a cow; cf. AS. sl to slip, and E. slip, v.i. Cf. Cowslip.]
1. Water or other liquid carelessly spilled or thrown aboyt, as upon a table or a floor; a puddle; a soiled spot.
2. Mean and weak drink or liquid food; -- usually in the plural.
3. pl.
Definition: Dirty water; water in which anything has been washed or rinsed; water from wash-bowls, etc. Slop basin, or Slop bowl, a basin or bowl for holding slops, especially for receiving the rinsings of tea or coffee cups at the table.
– Slop molding (Brickmaking), a process of manufacture in which the brick is carried to the drying ground in a wet mold instead of on a pallet.
Slop, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Slopped; p. pr. & vb. n. Slopping.]
1. To cause to overflow, as a liquid, by the motion of the vessel containing it; to spill.
2. To spill liquid upon; to soil with a liquid spilled.
Slop, v. i.
Definition: To overflow or be spilled as a liquid, by the motion of the vessel containing it; -- often with over.
Slop, n. Etym: [AS. slop a frock or over-garment, fr. sl to slip, to slide; akin to Icel sloppr a thin garment; cf. OHG. slouf a garment. Cf. Slip, v. i.]
1. Any kind of outer garment made of linen or cotton, as a night dress, or a smock frock. [Obs.] Halliwell.
2. A loose lower garment; loose breeches; chiefly used in the plural. "A pair of slops." Sir P. Sidney. There's a French salutation to your French slop. Shak.
3. pl.
Definition: Ready-made clothes; also, among seamen, clothing, bedding, and other furnishings.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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