slop-pail

== English == === Noun === slop-pail (plural slop-pails) (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. ==== Synonyms ==== bedpan slop-jar slop-basin slop-bowl chamber pot loo === References === Universal Dictionary of the English Language, volume 4, 1897, page 4310