What does slopwork mean?
Slopwork means The manufacture of slops (cheap ready-made clothing)..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
The manufacture of slops (cheap ready-made clothing)..
[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.
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.
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Slopwork means The manufacture of slops (cheap ready-made clothing)..
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[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.
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