Handsoap

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A (bar or liquid) soap for the hands. countable, uncountable

    "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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"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."

Etymology

From hand + soap.

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