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sandsoap en · NOUN

Etymology

From sand + soap.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) A kind of soap with embedded grains of sand, giving it a coarse, gritty texture, and used for exfoliation or for scrubbing residue from smooth surfaces such as pots and pans.
   • He filled a basin with water, and, with an old brush and piece of sandsoap, attacked the stove. 1922, Joseph Hergesheimer, Mountain Blood:
   • Pa and the two children washed and polished all the windows, and Henry scrubbed B. Singlet's sign with sandsoap and a brush. 1988, Mary Steele, Mallyroot's Pub at Misery Ponds, Ringwood: Puffin Books, page 71:

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