Slopwork
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The manufacture of slops (cheap ready-made clothing). archaic, uncountable, usually
- 2 Clothing of this kind. archaic, uncountable, usually
- 3 Hasty, slovenly work of any kind. archaic, figuratively, uncountable, usually
"[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."
Example
More examples"[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."
Etymology
From slop + work.
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