slopwork

[ slop-wurk ]

/ ˈslɒpˌwɜrk /

the manufacture of cheap clothing.

clothing of this kind.

work that is carelessly or poorly done.

Origin of slopwork

First recorded in 1840–50; slop² + work

slop·work·er, noun

sloper, sloppy, sloppy joe, sloppy joe's, slopshop, slopwork, slorm, slosh, sloshed, sloshy, slot

If they are tailors, they compete with old women in making “slopwork” for the lower class of salesmen.

Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 377, March 1847 |Various
And thus what slopwork, what toymakers', ironmongers' stuff it all was!

The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete |Emile Zola

slopwork

/ (ˈslɒpˌwɜːk) /

the manufacture of cheap shoddy clothing or the clothes so produced

any work of low quality

slopworker, noun