Another of these institutions is the rent club, where, from the weekly sums deposited by the members, a sop is regularly served up twice a year, to prevent the growlings of a landlord.
"An History of Birmingham (1783)"
William Hutton
"If it wasn't for that young sop of a cousin 'twould be all right.
"The White Gauntlet"
Mayne Reid
But to keep up their facade of high ethics, they toss us a sop.
"A World by the Tale"
Gordon Randall Garrett