soap-sudn.
rare.
= soap-suds n. Chiefly in attributive use.
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > washing > washing agents > [noun] > water or solutions > types of solution > soap and water
graith1513
suds1581
lather1583
soap-suds1611
bumble broth1624
soap-sud1699
sapples1821
soap and water1837
suds1884
1699 A. Boyer Royal Dict. at Eau Eau de Savonnage, Soap-sud.
1727 A. Boyer Dictionaire Royal (rev. ed.) i. at Savonnage.
1802 in Spirit of Public Jrnls. (1803) 6 278 Your air-balloon sunk to soap-sud bubbles, when compared to it [sc. an eclipse].
1823 J. Badcock Domest. Amusem. 74 The common soap-sud bubbles of children.
Derivatives
ˈsoap-suddy adj.
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > washing > washing agents > [adjective] > soap and water
soapy1721
soaped1730
soap-suddy1831
soap-sudsy1854
sudsy1866
1831 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 29 1007 The soap-suddy waves in a wash-hand basin.
1850 S. Laing Observ. Social & Polit. State European People xiii. 331 Its water is of a milky, greenish, or soap-suddy hue.
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