Idiom
slop bowl
Meaning
One of the four components of the traditional tea set. Tea drinkers emptied their unwanted, cold tea into the slop bowl before refilling their cups with fresh, hot tea.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“She poured the cold tea into the slop bowl.”
“At the formal tea party, guests quietly tipped their unfinished cups into the slop bowl before the server brought fresh tea.”
“The antique dealer lifted the delicate porcelain slop bowl with reverence, explaining how Victorian hostesses once used it to collect dregs before pouring their guests a second, steaming cup.”
Examples
simple
“She poured the cold tea into the slop bowl.”
contextual
“At the formal tea party, guests quietly tipped their unfinished cups into the slop bowl before the server brought fresh tea.”
complex
“The antique dealer lifted the delicate porcelain slop bowl with reverence, explaining how Victorian hostesses once used it to collect dregs before pouring their guests a second, steaming cup.”
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