shaving soap

noun

a special soap for lathering the face to soften and condition the beard for shaving, capable of producing a thick lather due to its high fat content and low alkalinity.

Origin of shaving soap

First recorded in 1760–70

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You step into your neighbor's room and find him washing his stockings with shaving-soap.
She Buildeth Her House
Will Comfort
Pawed-over heaps of tooth-brushes and combs and packages of shaving-soap.
Main Street
Sinclair Lewis
Now Lizarann knew perfectly well that the fish-shop was next door to where her daddy bought his shaving-soap.
It Never Can Happen Again
William De Morgan
Edwards had the sun-glass, shaving-soap and brush, and other things to correspond with mine.
Three Times and Out
Nellie L. McClung