soapflake
nounEtymology From soap + flake.
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Soap in the form of dried flakes, formerly used for washing clothes.
- A tablespoon of glycerine makes it glossy, or half a cup of soapflakes makes it lumpy.2013, Gloria Callaway, Abigail Leach, Mary Kear, Teaching Art & Design in the Primary School, page 42:
- Government policies seemed to be no easier to sell than soapflakes: indeed advertising budgets have been considerably greater.2002, Bob Franklin, Social Policy, the Media and Misrepresentation, page 20: