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   sop

   /sɒp/

   noun

   • 1. a thing of no great value given or done as a concession to appease someone whose main concerns or demands are not being met: "my agent telephones as a sop but never finds me work"
   • 2. a piece of bread dipped in gravy, soup, or sauce.

   verb

   • 1. soak up liquid using an absorbent substance: "he used some bread to sop up the sauce"
   • ▪ wet thoroughly; soak: "the dews … bemoistening sop his harden'd shoes"

   Word Origin Old Englishsoppian ‘dip (bread) in liquid’, sopp (noun), probably from the base of Old English sūpan ‘sup’. Sense 1 (mid 17th century) alludes to the sop used by Aeneas on his visit to Hades to appease Cerberus.

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