soap boiler

noun

a manufacturer of soap

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Derived forms of soap boiler

soap boiling, noun

Words nearby soap boiler

Soane, soap, soapbark, soapberry, soapberry family, soap boiler, soapbox, Soap Box Derby, soap bubble, soap dish, soaper

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Example sentences from the Web for soap boiler

In other words, Giles was now a soap-boiler, in a small way.
Stories of Exile|Various
The bones are selected with care, and sold to the soap-boiler.
The International Weekly Miscellany, Volume I. No. 8|Various
At the ripe age of ten he was taken from school, and set to assist his father in the trade of tallow-chandler and soap-boiler.
Benjamin Franklin|John Torrey Morse, Jr.
The business of the soap-boiler consists in manufacturing soap, by the combination of certain oily and alkaline substances.
Popular Technology, Vol. I (of 2)|Edward Hazen

The soda-ash used by the soap-boiler, contains in general about 36 per cent.
A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures and Mines|Andrew Ure

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