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plural soapcurds
- countableuncountableA gelatinous mass formed by soap mixed with water.
Hardness is ordinarily related to the soapcurd forming action of water.
1955, Cornelia A. Tyler, Soft Water in Modern Use, page 62 more examples
Gilpin picked a sludge of toilet tissue and soapcurds out of the plughole.
1967, John Desmond Peter, Take Hands at Winter, page 4They carried their dishes to a galvanized tub full of water and soapcurd and they carried the lamp to their bunks at the farther end of the bunkhouse and unrolled the ticks down over the rusty springs and spread their blankets and undressed .and blew out the lamp.
1992, Cormac McCarthy, All the Pretty Horses, →ISBN, page 98
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