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slop chest

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slop chest

–noun
1. a supply of clothing, boots, tobacco, and other personal goods for sale to the crew of a ship during a voyage.
2. (formerly) a chest containing this supply.

Origin:
1830–40
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slop chest

noun
commissary maintained aboard merchant ships to sell merchandise to the crew 
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