SLOP CHEST


Meaning of SLOP CHEST in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ noun ]

Etymology: slop (I)

Date: 1840

: a store of clothing and personal requisites (as tobacco) carried on merchant ships for issue to the crew usually as a charge against their wages

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