SLOPWORK

Etymology

Noun

slopwork (usually uncountable, plural slopworks)

The manufacture of slops, or cheap ready-made clothing.

Clothing of this kind.

(figuratively) Hasty, slovenly work of any kind.

Source: Wiktionary


Slop"work`, n.

Definition: The manufacture of slops, or cheap ready-made clothing; also, such clothing; hence, hasty, slovenly work of any kind. No slopwork ever dropped from his [Carlyle's] pen. Froude.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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