Word Meanings - SLOPSELLER - Book Publishers vocabulary database
One who sells slops, or ready-made clothes. See 4th Slop, 3.
Related words: (words related to SLOPSELLER)
- SLOPSHOP
A shop where slops. or ready-made clothes, are sold. - CLOTHESLINE
A rope or wire on which clothes are hung to dry. - READY-MADE
Made already, or beforehand, in anticipation of need; not made to order; as, ready-made clothing; ready-made jokes. - CLOTHESHORSE
A frame to hang clothes on. - SLOPSELLER
One who sells slops, or ready-made clothes. See 4th Slop, 3. - CLOTHESPIN
A forked piece of wood, or a small spring clamp, used for fastening clothes on a line. - CLOTHES
1. Covering for the human body; dress; vestments; vesture; -- a general term for whatever covering is worn, or is made to be worn, for decency or comfort. She . . . speaks well, and has excellent good clothes. Shak. If I may touch but his clothes, - CLOTHESPRESS
A receptacle for clothes. - READY-WITTED
Having ready wit. - READY
A word of command, or a position, in the manual of arms, at which the piece is cocked and held in position to execute promptly the next command, which is, aim. All ready, ready in every particular; wholly equipped or prepared. " am all redy at - BEDCLOTHES
Blankets, sheets, coverlets, etc., for a bed. Shak. - OVERREADY
Too ready. -- O"ver*read"*i*ly, adv. -- O"ver*read"i*ness, n. - ALREADY
Prior to some specified time, either past, present, or future; by this time; previously. "Joseph was in Egypt already." Exod. i. 5. I say unto you, that Elias is come already. Matt. xvii. 12. Note: It has reference to past time, but may be used - SMALLCLOTHES
A man's garment for the hips and thighs; breeches. See Breeches. - THREADY
1. Like thread or filaments; slender; as, the thready roots of a shrub. 2. Containing, or consisting of, thread. - UNREADY
1. Not ready or prepared; not prompt; slow; awkward; clumsy. Dryden. Nor need the unready virgin strike her breast. Keble. 2. Not dressed; undressed. - SHORTCLOTHES
Coverings for the legs of men or boys, consisting of trousers which reach only to the knees, -- worn with long stockings. - GRAVECLOTHES
The clothes or dress in which the dead are interred. - UNDERCLOTHES
Clothes worn under others, especially those worn next the skin for warmth.