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E.E. Cummings

It is said that if the dead who died in the Great

War were placed head to feet, they would stretch

from New York to San Francisco, and from San

Francisco back again to New York; and if those

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verb

To pronounce with an accent or vocal stress.

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slops

Part of SpeechnounUsed In Literature ↓

A loose outer garment; a jacket or overall.

Origin

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Common Phrases

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Poetry examples for slops

Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.

We'll wait for extry rations if you treat us rational.

Don't mess about the cook-room slops, but prove it to our face

The Widow's Uniform is not the soldier-man's disgrace.

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