soap dish
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of soap dish
First recorded in 1830–40
Example Sentences
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As Graham Norton remarked, the Serbian singer appeared to start his act from a "soap dish".
From BBC ● May 13, 2023
There’s a soap dish for sale at a beauty products shop in São Paulo, Brazil.
From Scientific American ● Dec. 13, 2022
With a few Serbians in red and blue mixed in, they had emptied out toward Lusail Stadium, the futuristic structure that by night kind of resembles a lit-up soap dish.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 24, 2022
The occupant of Janis Joplin’s former suite displays the soap dish he kept from a gutted bathroom.
From New York Times ● Jul. 7, 2022
So you’re walking around this empty house, and all the towels are folded up, and the soap is still wet on the soap dish.
From "Feed" by M.T. Anderson
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