sandsoap

plural sandsoaps

1. countableuncountableA kind of soap with embedded grains of sand, giving it a coarse, gritty texture, and used for exfoliation or for scrubbing residue from smooth surfaces such as pots and pans.

   He filled a basin with water, and, with an old brush and piece of sandsoap, attacked the stove.

   1922, Joseph Hergesheimer, Mountain Blood

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   Pa and the two children washed and polished all the windows, and Henry scrubbed B. Singlet's sign with sandsoap and a brush.

   1988, Mary Steele, Mallyroot's Pub at Misery Ponds, Ringwood: Puffin Books, page 71