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SLOP CHEST
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Dictionary entry overview: What does slop chest mean?
• SLOP CHEST (noun)
The noun SLOP CHEST has 1 sense:
1. commissary maintained aboard merchant ships to sell merchandise to the crew
Familiarity information: SLOP CHEST used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Commissary maintained aboard merchant ships to sell merchandise to the crew
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("slop chest" is a kind of...):
commissary (a retail store that sells equipment and provisions (usually to military personnel))
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