Mopping Up

What is Mopping Up?


1.

The process of completely cleaning up one's plate or bowl with bread after finishing a meal. Commonly associated with a Northern English roast dinner sopping in gravy, typically leaving a soup-like substance comprising of all elements of the roast.

Processes involve breaking parts off to wipe the plate, or immersing a whole slice in the pond of gravy to soak up before finishing it off with a knife a fork. One for the posh kids.

'Ere mum give me that plate - I'll do the mopping up, you have a lie down.

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2.

The process of completely cleaning up one's plate or bowl with bread after finishing a meal. Commonly associated with a Northern English roast dinner sopping in gravy, typically leaving a soup-like substance comprising of all elements of the roast.

Processes involve breaking parts off to wipe the plate, or immersing a whole slice in the pond of gravy to soak up before finishing it off with a knife a fork. One for the posh kids.

"'Ere mum give me that plate - I'll do the mopping up, you have a lie down."

See mopping up, mop, mop up, roast dinner, roast, meal, plate, clean, mum, wash up, gravy


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