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Webster 1913 Edition


Slopwork

Slop′workˊ

,
Noun.
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.

Definition 2024


slopwork

slopwork

English

Noun

slopwork (usually uncountable, plural slopworks)

  1. The manufacture of slops, or cheap ready-made clothing.
  2. Clothing of this kind.
  3. (figuratively) Hasty, slovenly work of any kind.
    No slopwork ever dropped from his [Carlyle's] pen. Froude.