slop-seller's

Updated: May 1, 2025

I walked out till I came to a slop-seller's, as they call them at seaports, and went in; there was nothing hanging up but seamen's clothes, and on reflection, I thought I could not do better than to dress as a sailor; so I told the man that I wanted a suit of sailor's clothes. "`You want to go to sea, I suppose, said the man, not guessing exactly right, considering that I just refused to embark.

Frederick Marryat - Valerie