soap powder

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noun
  1. soap produced and packaged in powdered form.

Origin of soap powder

1
First recorded in 1885–90

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How to use soap powder in a sentence

  • “You had no right to take the cocoanut out of a box, and put soap powder in without telling a fellow,” replied Frank.

  • Place the tubes in a bucket or other convenient receptacle, fill with water and add a handful of "Sapon" or other soap powder.

  • Place the pipettes in a convenient receptacle, filled with water to which soap powder has been added.

  • Place the tubes in a bucket or other convenient receptacle, fill with water and add a handful of Sapon or other soap powder.

  • He was very dirty, and we paid a dollar extra to have him washed with soap powder, as our food was to be21 carried on his back.

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