Meanings
nounsoaplessness (uncountable)
- uncountableThe state or condition of being soapless; lack of soap; hence, uncleanliness.
In the common kitchen, you may see them grouped picturesquely enough, but with an unsavoury monotony of soaplessness[…]
1884, The English household magazine, page 311 more example
One poor devil, unused to ragging, and reproached with soaplessness, went out and shot himself in the area, and at our library table a Suicide Club or pact (anterior to Louis Stevenson's) was solemnly formed.
1931, The Week-end Review, volume 3, numbers 43-68, page 433
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