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slop out

idiom

To throw out the waste from the chamberpot in a prison cell or a similar waste receptacle.


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    slop bowl

    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.

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