sandsoap

noun

sandsoap

noun

Etymology From sand + soap.

1

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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