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wool sponge
Word Origin
noun
1.
a commercial sponge,
Hippiospongia lachne,
of Florida and the West Indies, the surface of which resembles the fleece of a sheep.
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Also called
sheepswool sponge
.
Origin of
wool sponge
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1875-1880
An Americanism dating back to
1875-80
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