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==English==

===Etymology 1===

====Noun====
{{en-noun|p}}

# {{lb|en|obsolete}} Loose [[trousers]].
#* {{RQ:Montaigne Florio Essayes|chapter=12|book=II|passage=''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.}}
#* {{RQ:Sidney Arcadia|passage=A pair of '''slops'''.}}
# {{lb|en|nautical|historical}} Sailors’ [[breeches]] ending just below the knees or above the ankles, worn mainly in XVIII century.
#: {{syn|en|open-kneed breeches}}
#* {{quote-book|en|year=2012|title=Nelson's navy|author=Philip Haythornthwaite|page=26
|passage=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.}}
# {{lb|en|nautical|dated}} [[clothing|Clothing]] and [[bedding]] issued to [[sailor]]s.
# {{lb|en|South Africa}} {{plural of|en|slop|gloss=rubber thong sandals}}

=====Synonyms=====
* {{sense|an item of footwear}} ''see list in'' '''{{l|en|flip-flop}}'''

===Etymology 2===

====Noun====
{{head|en|noun form}}

# {{plural of|en|slop|gloss=scraps fed to animals; household wastewater}}
#: {{ux|en|I don't mind slopping the hogs, but I don't like the stench of the '''slops'''.}}

====Verb====
{{head|en|verb form}}

# {{infl of|en|slop||s-verb-form}}

===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|en|a=lopss|Ploss}}

{{C|en|Clothing}}