slop bowls

A form of slop bowl — One of the four components of the traditional tea set. Tea drinkers emptied their unwanted, cold tea into the slop bowl before refilling their cups with fresh, hot tea.

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Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of slop bowl
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