slopping out
"Slopping out" is a term primarily associated with outdated prison practices where inmates had to manually dispose of their waste due to the lack of in-cell plumbing.
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Definition
C1Prison
(historical, institutional)The practice of prisoners emptying buckets used as toilets due to the absence of flush toilets in cells.
Example
- Inmates protested against the continued practice of slopping out, citing its inhumane conditions.
- Slopping out was a daily routine for prisoners before modern plumbing was installed.
B2Sanitation
(informal, historical)The act of disposing of human waste from a container, often in an unsanitary manner.
Example
- The slopping out process was both physically and mentally degrading for those who had to perform it.
Similar
Terms that have similar or relatively close meanings to "slopping out":
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