toilet soap

American  

noun

1. a mild and usually perfumed soap for washing the hands and face and for bathing.

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toilet soap British  

noun

1. a mild soap, often coloured and scented, used for washing oneself

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Etymology

Origin of toilet soap

First recorded in 1830–40

Example Sentences

The Sears catalog in the early 1900s heavily advertised “ammonia, Borax, and laundry and toilet soap.”

From New York Times

I used toilet soap for the first time, not the blue detergent that I had washed with for so many years at home.

From Literature

Our playmates’ families exchanged their unwanted food for sugar, coal oil, spices, potted meat, Vienna sausage, peanut butter, soda crackers, toilet soap and even laundry soap.

From Literature

In fact, any pure toilet soap may be used in the same manner.

From Project Gutenberg

In addition to those just mentioned, alpaca, corduroy, gloves, ribbons, plush, whalebone, muslin, linen, biscuits, oilcakes, pepper, yeast, toilet soap, sperm candles, mustard, raisins, &c., are sent by sample post.

From Project Gutenberg