toilet soap

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noun

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

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Origin of toilet soap

First recorded in 1830–40

Words nearby toilet soap

toilet paper, toilet powder, toiletry, toilet seat, toilet set, toilet soap, toilette, toilet-train, toilet training, toilet water, toilful

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How to use toilet soap in a sentence

He surmised it from the fact that his master disliked scent, even in his toilet soap.
The Doctor of Pimlico|William Le Queux
Please send me a cake of Toilet Soap, Pears or any sort will do—not too big—if it will go in my soap box.
Letters of Lt.-Col. George Brenton Laurie|George Brenton Laurie
Many a complexion is marred by impure alkaline and Colored Toilet Soap.
Our Little Ones and The Nursery, Vol. V, No. 9, July 1885|Various
Frequent warm baths, with the use of a toilet soap or sapo viridis, will usually be found curative.
Essentials of Diseases of the Skin|Henry Weightman Stelwagon

After the process wash with some nice toilet soap, and the skin will be left nice, smooth and clear of patches.
Burroughs' Encyclopaedia of Astounding Facts and Useful Information, 1889|Barkham Burroughs

British Dictionary definitions for toilet soap

toilet soap

noun

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

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