handsoap

noun

handsoap

noun

Etymology From hand + soap.

1

A (bar or liquid) soap for the hands.

In its modest way, Gardeski’s handsoaps — and things that look like other things — play to both of these tendencies at once through the double take that comes with spotting a familiar thing that turns out to be wholly unfamiliar.2008 January 13, Rob Walker, “Imitation of Life”, in New York Times:

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