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slop shop

noun

Etymology

From slop + shop.

  1. inherited from *skub-✻
  2. inherited from *skupp-✻
  3. inherited from sċoppa — “shed; booth; stall; shop”
  4. inherited from shoppe
  5. compounded as slop shop — “slop + shop”

Definitions

  1. A shop where slops (ready-made clothes) are sold.

    • [H]e was therefore eaſily prevailed on to bind me apprentice to one of my ſtep-mother's friends, who kept a ſlop-ſhop in Wapping.
    • We were therefore under the necessity of sending to a slop shop and each purchasing a shirt, etc.
    • Then I began to pity myself, and I saw that it would be a greater charity to bestow on me a flannel shirt than a whole slop-shop on him

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA