Lexic.us

Definition of Slop-seller

1. Noun. A dealer in cheap ready-made clothing.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Slop-seller

Literary usage of Slop-seller

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Southey's Common-place Book by Robert Southey (1876)
"Baker and pipeclay dealer. Patriot and dealer in scrip. Bookseller and pirate. Coffeehouse keeper and slop seller. Taylor and cabbage cutter. ..."

2. The Historical Magazine and Notes and Queries Concerning the Antiquities by John Gilmary Shea, Henry Reed Stiles (1870)
"... slop-seller," I " haberdasher," etc. ? We infer that there WIIK then, there, as well as here, at that time, very little Coffee used, ..."

3. The Law Relating to Officers in the Army by Harris Prendergast (1855)
"On that occasion Keate, the slop-seller, expressed some apprehension for himself, but was thus answered by Lieutenant Temple—" Captain Grey (Captain " of ..."

4. Military Dictionary: Comprising Technical Definitions: Information on by Henry Lee Scott (1861)
"On that occasion Keate, the slop-seller, expressed some apprehension for himself, but was thus answered by Lieutenant Temple :—" Captain Grey (Captain of ..."

5. Military Dictionary: Comprising Technical Definitions; Information on by Henry Lee Scott (1864)
"On that occasion Keate, the slop-seller, expressed some apprehension for himself, but was thus answered by Lieutenant Temple:—" Captain Grey ..."

6. The Historical Magazine (1870)
"... slop-seller," " haberdasher," etc. ? We infer that there was then, there, as well as here, at that time, very little Coffee used, as it is not mentioned ..."

7. Publications of the Navy Records Society by Navy Records Society (Great Britain) (1895)
"Clothing was supplied by a contractor or slop- seller at prices fixed by the Admiralty. The purser received the slops and sold them to the men, ..."

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