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Noun: slop chest  slóp chest
Usage: archaic
  1. Commissary maintained aboard merchant ships to sell merchandise to the crew
    "Sailors often visited the slop chest to purchase toiletries and other necessities"

Derived forms: slop chests

Type of: commissary [N. Amer]

Encyclopedia: Slop chest