soap boiler
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The women eliminate the baker, the soap boiler, and a lot of other parasites.
From In the Midst of Alarms by Robert Barr
His father was a tallow chandler and soap boiler, a trade which Benjamin detested.
From The Greater Republic A History of the United States by Charles Morris
Crown 8vo, cloth 7/6 "The work will prove very useful, not merely to the technological student, but to the soap boiler who wishes to understand the theory of his art."
From French Polishing and Enamelling A Practical Work of Instruction by Richard Bitmead
"Did you tell him that your father was an honest, hard-working soap boiler and candle maker?"
From True to His Home A Tale of the Boyhood of Franklin by H. Winthrop Pierce
In other words, Giles was now a soap boiler, in a small way.
From Short-Stories by Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson
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