slop-jar

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slop-jar

noun slop-jars

  1. US, dated A container used for urinating or defecating when it is not possible or convenient to use a bathroom or toilet; a bedpan, a chamber pot. Commonly used in hospitals, where it is normally called bedpan. Formerly used in private residences that were without an indoor toilet or bathroom. "All you fit to do is be Shug's maid... Take out her slop jar, maybe cook her food. You ain't even that good a cook."

    Similar: bedpan, slop-basin, slop-bowl, slop-pail, chamber pot, loo

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noun a chamber pot

Françaispot de chambre
Русскийночно́й горшо́к nočnój goršók

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@misc{slop_jar_2026,
  title = {slop-jar},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/slop-jar},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}