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slops en · NOUN · etymology 1

(obsolete, plural, plural-only) Loose trousers.
- Chrysippus said that some Philosophers would in open view of all men shew a dozen of tumbling-tricks, yea, without any slops or breeches, for a dozen of olives. 1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 12, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC:
- A pair of slops. a. 1587, Philippe Sidnei [i.e., Philip Sidney], “(please specify the folio)”, in [Fulke Greville; Matthew Gwinne; John Florio], editors, The Countesse of Pembrokes Arcadia [The New Arcadia], London: […] [John Windet] for William Ponsonbie, published 1590, →OCLC:
(historical, plural, plural-only) Sailors’ breeches ending just below the knees or above the ankles, worn mainly in XVIII century.
- The original "slops" were voluminous breeches of about knee length, reminiscent of 17th century "petticoat breeches", worn with stockings; these continue to be depicted as late as 1790s, but trousers, first introduced as slop-clothing in 1720s, were more functional and more popular. 2012, Philip Haythornthwaite, Nelson's navy, page 26:
(dated, plural, plural-only) Clothing and bedding issued to sailors.
(South-Africa, form-of, plural, plural-only) plural of slop (“rubber thong sandals”)
form of slop

(form-of, plural) plural of slop (“scraps fed to animals; household wastewater”)
form of slop
- I don't mind slopping the hogs, but I don't like the stench of the slops.
- [A] very hot-cross bun voice bellowed from the shop, ‘Wash it out this that, you trollop,’ and a pail of slops shot out of the shop all over the little woman, who squalled appallingly. 1936, Norman Lindsay, The Flyaway Highway, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 55:

(form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person) third-person singular simple present indicative of slop
form of slop