Definition of "slop-basin" []

• A container used for urinating or defecating when it is not possible or inconvenient to go to a bathroom or toilet; a bedpan, a chamber pot. Commonly used in hospitals, where it is normally called bedpan. Formerly used in private residences, particularly those without an indoor toilet or bathroom. (noun)

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• "In another, a lady was lying in bed, tucked up very tight and prim, and staring with much composure at a tripod, with a slop-basin on it; the usual form of washing-stand, and the only piece of furniture, besides the bedstead, in her chamber."
• "I came to her aid, took a seat near her, managed the urn and the slop-basin, and in fact made the tea for her like any old woman. '"
• "The slop-basin was full of half-burned brown paper, over which tea had been poured."