Idiom idiom
slop out
Meaning
To throw out the waste from the chamberpot in a prison cell or a similar waste receptacle.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“The prisoners must slop out their cells every morning.”
“In the old prison, the inmates were required to slop out their buckets before they were allowed to leave for breakfast.”
“The harsh conditions of the nineteenth-century jail forced the prisoners to slop out their cramped quarters in a daily, dehumanizing ritual.”
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Last updated August 10, 2026