ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Slopwork

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Slopwork is a noun meaning The manufacture of slops (cheap ready-made clothing).

Meaning

The manufacture of slops (cheap ready-made clothing).

More Meanings

  1. Clothing of this kind.
  2. (figuratively) Hasty, slovenly work of any kind.

Example Sentences

This sort of literary slop-work will not suffice for your walking in the roads of life to any good purpose. It is bad work. It is scrubby work.
[Thomas] Carlyle continued as busy as ever at what he called 'the despicable craft of reviewing,' but doing his very best with it. No slop-work ever dropped from his pen.

Word Forms

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include slopselling, slopshop, slops, slop, overslop, slopping.

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