"saloop" Definition

Definitions for the word "saloop" from multiple English dictionaries.

1. n.
An aromatic drink prepared from sassafras bark and other ingredients, at one time much used in London.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
2. slang
SALEP, or SALOP, a greasy-looking beverage, formerly sold on stalls at early morning, prepared from a powder made of the root of the _Orchis mascula_, or Red-handed Orchis. Coffee-stands have superseded SALOOP stalls; but, in addition to other writers, Charles Lamb, in one of his papers, has left some account of this drinkable, which he says was of all preparations the most grateful to the stomachs of young chimney-sweeps. The present generation has no knowledge of this drink, except that derived from books. The word “slops”—as applied to weak, warm drink—is very likely derived from the Cockney pronunciation of SALOOP.
Source: The Slang Dictionary, 1864

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