Cryptic crossword clue
Seamen’s clothes and bedding yielding old coppers 5

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word SLOPS

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The straight part
We know that "Seamen’s clothes and bedding/old coppers" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case seamen’s clothes and bedding/old coppers = slops.
The cryptic/wordplay part
In cryptic crossword there's often an wordplay/cryptic part as well.
This part involves a more complex hint, such as an anagram, homophone, hidden word, etc.
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What does SLOPS mean?

SLOPS noun
  1. A loose outer garment; a jacket or overall.
  2. (chiefly in the plural) A rubber thong sandal.
  3. (in the plural) See slops.
SLOPS noun
  1. Liquid or semi-solid; goo, paste, mud.
  2. (sometimes in the plural) Scraps used as food for animals, especially pigs or hogs.
  3. (chiefly in the plural) Inferior, weak drink or liquid food.
  4. (sometimes in the plural) Domestic liquid waste; household wastewater.
  5. Water or other liquid carelessly spilled or thrown about, as upon a table or a floor; a puddle; a soiled spot.
  6. Human urine or excrement.
SLOPS noun
  1. (costers) A policeman.
SLOPS noun
  1. Loose trousers.
  2. Sailors’ breeches ending just below the knees or above the ankles, worn mainly in XVIII century.
  3. Clothing and bedding issued to sailors.
SLOPS noun
  1. A loose outer garment; a jacket or overall.
  2. (chiefly in the plural) A rubber thong sandal.
  3. (in the plural) See slops.
SLOPS noun
  1. Liquid or semi-solid; goo, paste, mud.
  2. (sometimes in the plural) Scraps used as food for animals, especially pigs or hogs.
  3. (chiefly in the plural) Inferior, weak drink or liquid food.
  4. (sometimes in the plural) Domestic liquid waste; household wastewater.
  5. Water or other liquid carelessly spilled or thrown about, as upon a table or a floor; a puddle; a soiled spot.
  6. Human urine or excrement.
SLOPS verb
  1. To spill or dump liquid, especially over the rim of a container when it moves.
  2. To spill liquid upon; to soil with a spilled liquid.
  3. In the game of pool or snooker to pocket a ball by accident; in billiards, to make an ill-considered shot.
  4. To feed pigs
SLOPS noun
  1. (costers) A policeman.

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