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noun

Sop n.

Anything steeped, or dipped and softened, in any liquid; especially, something dipped in broth or liquid food, and intended to be eaten. "He it is to whom I shall give a sop, when I have dipped it." "Sops in wine, quantity, inebriate more than wine itself." "The bounded waters Should lift their bosoms higher than the shores, And make a sop of all this solid globe."

Anything given to pacify; so called from the sop given to Cerberus, as related in mythology. "All nature is cured with a sop."

A thing of little or no value. (Obs.)

Sops in wine (Bot.), an old name of the clove pink, alluding to its having been used to flavor wine. "Garlands of roses and sops in wine."

Sops of wine (Bot.), an old European variety of apple, of a yellow and red color, shading to deep red; called also sopsavine, and red shropsavine.

verb

Sop v. t. (past & past part. sopped; pres. part. sopping) To steep or dip in any liquid.

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"Sop" Quotes from Famous Books

... almsgiving right-hand, still I must be allowed to assert that I appropriate an ample share of my fortune for charitable purposes. Perhaps you will tell me that I do not give in a proper spirit of loving sympathy,—that I hurl my donations at my conscience, as 'a sop to Cerberus.' I have never injured any one, and if I have no tender love in my heart to expend on others, it is the fault of that world which taught me how hollow and deceitful it is. God knows I have never intentionally ...

— Vashti - or, Until Death Us Do Part • Augusta J. Evans Wilson

... sycophantic admiration. Sometimes we loathe them, but we never say so. There has been a sporadic revival of one or two of these "old comedies" this season, accomplished with that "bargain-counter" atrocity—a sop for vulgar minds—known mischievously as the "all-star-cast." It has been amusing to watch the cold, dispiriting and almost clammy reception accorded to these "classics," compared with the cordiality extended to Miss Alice Fischer in her "imitation" classic, "The ...

— Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 6, July 1905 • Various

... U-boat warfare, excitement in this tale is rather to seek, but it remains a most successful prophecy. In the last story of the book we have the author in his very worst form. "Three of Them" is a study of children, and the only excuse I can find for it is that it must be intended as a sop to the sentimentalists. Of the others my first vote goes to "The Surgeon of Gaster Fell," and my second to "The Prisoner's' Defence;" but if you are susceptible to Sir ARTHUR'S sense of fun I can also recommend "The Fall of Lord Barrymore" and "One Crowded Hour." Not a great collection, ...

— Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 156, Jan. 8, 1919 • Various

... Zack (white) was raised up together. He was one of the old set of children. The baby in that set. I'd set on the log across a branch and wait till Zack would break open a biscuit and sop it in ham gravy and bring it to me after he eat his breakfast. One morning the sun was so bright; he run down there crying, said his mama was dead. He never brought me no biscuit. He had just got up. I was five years old. I said I was glad. Emily was the cook and she come down there and kicked ...

— Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves: Volume II, Arkansas Narratives, Part 2 • Works Projects Administration

... prospecting furnishes the nourishment for salesmanship, but some so-called salesmen do practically nothing to ensure themselves an abundant food supply. They merely absorb the tips that come their way. Like sponges they sop up the limited quantity of selling chances they happen to get. That is not the way to feed one's ambition ...

— Certain Success • Norval A. Hawkins

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