soap-sudsn.
Water impregnated with dissolved soap, esp. water in which clothes have been washed.
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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
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Savonné,..frothie like sope-suds, or a lather of sope.
1616 G. Markham tr. C. Estienne et al. Maison Rustique (rev. ed.) ii. viii. 162 For the speedie growing of hearbes,..there is nothing in the world better..than Sope suds.
a1684 J. Evelyn Diary (1955) III. 62 The Picture..has ben something spoild by washing it ignorantly with sope-sudds.
1707 J. Mortimer Whole Art Husbandry (1721) I. 120 The moistning of them [sc. dry ashes] with..Soap-suds will add mightily to their strength.
a1756 E. Haywood New Present (1771) 256 Silver-plate ought to be washed with soap-suds.
1846 C. Dickens Dombey & Son (1848) ix. 84 A widow lady, with her sleeves rolled up..and her arms frothy with soap-suds.
a1884 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Suppl. 879/2 Make a strong soapsuds, using hot water.
Derivatives
ˈsoap-sudsy adj. Cf. soap-suddy adj. at soap-sud n. Derivatives.
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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > washing > washing agents > [adjective] > soap and water
soapy1721
soaped1730
soap-suddy1831
soap-sudsy1854
sudsy1866
1854 J. R. Lowell Jrnl. Italy in Wks. (1890) I. 215 A scanty rill of soapsudsy liquid.
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