Citations:slop bucket

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English citations of slop bucket

(pail for kitchen waste):

  • 1980 Daniel Lewis, Kristin Helberg - The Victorian House Coloring Book - Page 20
    • The wooden bucket on the floor near the sink was called the slop bucket and was the early version of the kitchen garbage can.
  • 2001 Mary Clearman Blew - All but the waltz: a memoir of five generations in the life of a Montana family - Page 71
    • He carries the slop bucket in one hand, leads me by his other hand on the walk down to the pigpen in the evening.
  • 2005 James M. Hill, Sr. - I Have Been Blessed! Hard Work and Happiness - Page 33
    • That slop bucket always smelled bad, but the hogs didn't care.

(portable toilet):

  • 2006 Mark Gado - Killer priest: the crimes, trials, and execution of Father Hans Schmidt - Page 174
    • From the hospital, Schmidt was taken to the "bucket rack" where he was issued a slop bucket, his toilet for the time he would be at the prison.
  • 2008 Terri Lyons - Let Me Tell You What Mama Said
    • Momma had a slop bucket, called chamber pot that was a toilet in the house.
  • 2006 Esmerelda Weatherwax - Taking the ......er, em, ........mickey.
    • There was a time when a toilet, and not just in prison was a luxury. I don’t advocate a return to the practice of slopping out. For those who don’t remember this controversy this was the use of a slop bucket (with lid) for use when locked in the cell. Emptying and cleaning was called slopping out.
  • 2004 Alex Conte, Scott Davidson, Richard Burchill - Defining civil and political rights (pp.108)
    • ... without the provision of any toilet facilities, not even a "slop bucket".

(receptacle for liquid waste):

  • 2002 Mike Stensvold - The Complete Idiot's Guide to Photography Like a Pro - Page 369
    • When the whole period has passed, remove the tank cap and dump the used developer down the drain, or into a slop bucket.