And then that smug-faced, smooth-tongued, dirty-looking chaplain, with his second-hand shirt collars and slopshop morality -- was it whiskey or brandy that his breath smelt oftenest of?. From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly, Vol 6, No 5, November 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy] Reference
He kept a stinking slopshop in Bishopsgate Street, and a still more stinking schism-shop in. From Wordnik.com. [The Tysons (Mr. and Mrs. Nevill Tyson)] Reference
At the first slopshop I encountered in the suburbs of the town, I got a carpet-bag and a clerical-looking suit. From Wordnik.com. [A Rogue's Life] Reference
So that as soon as my comrade was decently array'd at the first slopshop we came to, 'twas high time to seek an inn. From Wordnik.com. [The Splendid Spur] Reference
He went straight to a slopshop and bought as neat and reasonably well-fitting a suit of clothes as an Englishman could be persuaded to wear. From Wordnik.com. [The American Claimant] Reference
Well, when he come out I stood back out of sight, and then tracked him to a second-hand slopshop and see him buy a red flannel shirt and some old ragged clothes -- just the ones he's got on now, as you've described. From Wordnik.com. [Tom Sawyer, Detective] Reference
Why, it's a miserable slopshop second-hand thing. From Wordnik.com. [Blue Jackets The Log of the Teaser] Reference
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