bath sponge

American  

noun

1. any of various common sponges, of the family Spongiidae, that have a skeletal network composed of fibers of spongin: collected in the Gulf of Mexico, the Mediterranean, and the Caribbean for their commercial value.

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bath sponge

She said the authorities asked her to bring back a glass or bath sponge or something that might have his DNA on it to potentially help identify him later.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 12, 2021

Footnote 71: This does not mean mushroom, still less bath sponge, as the Dean understood it; it is the Bavarian word Schwaim, pronounced Schwam, "The Floating Shadow."

From Pictures of German Life in the XVth XVIth and XVIIth Centuries, Vol. I. by Gustav Freytag

One girl carried a pail and bath sponge, and the procession halted at frequent intervals while imaginary pools of tears were sponged up from the floor before the victim’s feet.

From Nan Sherwood at Lakeview Hall Or the Mystery of the Haunted Boathouse by Annie Roe Carr

But the things they give you over there are the size of a bath sponge, and much the same taste, I reckon.

From South Wind by Norman Douglas

Then came the pugilist; then a lady with a head of hair like a bath sponge; then another, and the party was complete.

From The Amateur Cracksman by E. W. (Ernest William) Hornung

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