Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The manufacture of inexpensive, low-quality, ready-to-wear clothes.
- noun Cheap ready-to-wear clothes.
- noun Careless or hasty work.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The manufacture of slops, or cheap clothing for sale ready-made.
- noun The cheap clothing so made.
- noun Hence, any work done superficially or poorly.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The manufacture of slops, or cheap ready-made clothing; also, such clothing; hence, hasty, slovenly work of any kind.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The
manufacture ofslops , or cheap ready-madeclothing . - noun Clothing of this kind.
- noun figuratively Hasty,
slovenly work of any kind.
Etymologies
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Examples
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As far as the trade details and statistics of this gruesome slopwork of East London went, he knew all that could be shown him.
Sir George Tressady — Volume II Humphry Ward 1885
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And thus what slopwork, what toymakers ', ironmongers' stuff it all was! of a prettiness fit to make you cry, a silly sentimentality fit to make your heart turn with disgust!
The Three Cities Trilogy: Lourdes, Volume 5 ��mile Zola 1871
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And thus what slopwork, what toymakers ', ironmongers' stuff it all was! of a prettiness fit to make you cry, a silly sentimentality fit to make your heart turn with disgust!
The Three Cities Trilogy: Lourdes, Complete ��mile Zola 1871
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And thus what slopwork, what toymakers ', ironmongers' stuff it all was! of a prettiness fit to make you cry, a silly sentimentality fit to make your heart turn with disgust!
The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete Lourdes, Rome and Paris ��mile Zola 1871
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I never heard of a butcher making a trade of becoming security, _because the slopwork people cannot afford to consume much meat_.
Alton Locke, Tailor and Poet An Autobiography Charles Kingsley 1847
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