1) the rotten potato was tossed across the kitchen into the slop bucket for the hogs. It hit the rim of the bucket, nearly tipping it over and spilling it's contents onto the floor, bounced up into the air, and just managed to drop in.
By Nelli
Slop Bucket
slop bucket a bucket that a person use to urinate and defecate in beforeindoorplumbing was common place.