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Definition of Slop chest
1. Noun. Commissary maintained aboard merchant ships to sell merchandise to the crew.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Slop Chest
Literary usage of Slop chest
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Laws of the United States Relating to Navigation and the Merchant Marine by United States (1895)
"11. or fishing business shall also be provided with a slop.chest, ... Any of the
contents of the slop chest shall be sold, from time to time, ..."
2. Laws of the United States Relating to Navigation and the Merchant Marine by United States (1899)
"Any of the contents of the slop chest shall be sold, from time to time, to any
or every seaman applying therefor, for his own use, at a profit not exceeding ..."
3. Incidents of a Whaling Voyage: To which are Added Observations on the by Francis Allyn Olmsted (1841)
"These are denominated " slop chest" clothes. Were perfectly fair dealing observed
in all cases towards the men in the management of the " slop chest," one ..."
4. The Maritime History of Massachusetts, 1783-1860 by Samuel Eliot Morison (1921)
"This slop-chest was the skipper's store, from which the men replenished their
tattered garments and empty tobacco pouches at a high advance on cost.1 It ..."
5. The Maritime History of Massachusetts, 1783-1860 by Samuel Eliot Morison (1921)
"This slop-chest was the skipper's store, from which the men replenished their
tattered garments and empty tobacco pouches at a high advance on cost.1 It ..."
6. The Maritime History of Massachusetts, 1783-1860 by Samuel Eliot Morison (1921)
"Here are some extracts from the 'slop-chest invoice' of the Benjamin Tucker: Cost
Sell at Monkey jackets $6.50 $10.00 Trousers 2.40 4.00 Guernsey frocks 87 ..."
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