sop

[Bailey]

sop (sp)
tr.v. sopped, sop·ping, sops
1. To dip, soak, or drench in a liquid; saturate.
2. To take up by absorption: sop up water with a paper towel.
n.
1. A piece of food soaked or dipped in a liquid.
2.
a. Something yielded to placate or soothe.
b. A bribe.



[From Middle English soppe, bread dipped in liquid, from Old English sopp-, in soppcuppe, cup for dipping bread in; see seu-2 in Indo-European roots.]

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Maybe it's not little words Dr. GoodWord dispises, just the ones I've suggested.

mark here-we-go-again Bailey

[Perry]

He has chosen some of your shorties before. Isn't that enough of a sop ("a. Something yielded to placate or soothe" )?

[Bailey]

only one. sigh

mark avers-I've-kept-count Bailey