shaving soap
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.
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How to use shaving soap in a sentence
Use only a regular recognized standard make of shaving soap, not, under any circumstances, a toilet soap.
Shaving Made Easy | AnonymousThe shaving cup should be of earthen ware or china, and large enough to accommodate the ordinary round cake of shaving soap.
Shaving Made Easy | Anonymousshaving soap should be made at home, it seems, and the mystery of its manufacture is here disclosed.
Lost Leaders | Andrew LangIt has a beautiful pearly appearance, and has met with extensive demand as a shaving soap.
The Art of Perfumery | G. W. Septimus PiesseYet she would not despise me or regard it as my fault if some one took my shaving soap and washed a kitchen maid's face with it.
Lalage's Lovers | George A. Birmingham
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