"slop-jar" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: slop-jars [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} slop-jar (plural slop-jars)
  1. (US, dated) A container used for urinating or defecating when it is not possible or convenient to use a bathroom or toilet; a bedpan, a chamber pot. Commonly used in hospitals, where it is normally called bedpan. Formerly used in private residences that were without an indoor toilet or bathroom. Tags: US, dated Synonyms: bedpan, slop-basin, slop-bowl, slop-pail, chamber pot, loo Translations (a chamber pot): ночно́й горшо́к (nočnój goršók) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-slop-jar-en-noun-JVhAuRM- Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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