A lowest-priority task that waits around until everything else has
`had its fill' of machine resources. Only when the machine would
otherwise be idle is the task allowed to ``suck up the slop'. Also
called a hungry puppy or bottom feeder. One common variety of
slopsucker hunts for large prime numbers. Compare {background}.
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[Reference(s) to this entry by made by: {background}{bottom feeder}{hungry puppy}]