handsoap

English

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Etymology

From hand +‎ soap.

Noun

handsoap (countable and uncountable, plural handsoaps)

  1. A (bar or liquid) soap for the hands.
    • 2008 January 13, Rob Walker, “Imitation of Life”, in New York Times‎[1]:
      In its modest way, Gardeski’s handsoaps — and things that look like other things — play to both of these tendencies at once through the double take that comes with spotting a familiar thing that turns out to be wholly unfamiliar.

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