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soap-bubble
[soap n.]
An iridescent bubble composed of a thin film of soap and water.
1800M. Edgeworth Parent's Assistant (ed. 3) V. 100 Two other little children..came to him to beg, that he would blow some soap bubbles for them. 1815J. Smith Panorama Sci. & Art II. 351 By means of the bladder and pipe for filling soap-bubbles with hydrogen. 1830Herschel Study Nat. Phil. 252 Very thin films, either of a liquid (such as a soap-bubble), or of air. 1872Ruskin Eagle's Nest §131 Can you explain the frame of a soap-bubble?
fig.1828Emerson in Life (1888) II. 44 The talk has been mere soap-bubbles. 1861Boyd Recreat. Country Parson Ser. ii. 195, I have heard men, who spoke in large soap-bubbles. |