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 Freytag, Gustav

There were few traces of occupation visible; only a pair of felt slippers under the bed, a large bath sponge on the washstand, and a dressing-gown hanging on the nail behind the door.

From The Dark Tower by Soper, J. H. Gardner

Act I. "Can't I sell ye a bath sponge?"

From The Arena Volume 4, No. 23, October, 1891 by Flower, B. O. (Benjamin Orange)

The child should stand in a tub containing a little warm water, and a large bath sponge filled with cold water should be squeezed over the body two or three times.

From Mother's Remedies Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers of the United States and Canada by Ritter, Thomas Jefferson