wool sponge

American

noun

a commercial sponge, Hippiospongia lachne, of Florida and the West Indies, the surface of which resembles the fleece of a sheep.

Etymology

Origin of wool sponge

An Americanism dating back to 1875–80

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wool sponge

The dingy drifted so far during the discussion that they were unable to find the sheep's wool sponge that Pedro had seen, and which he now described as the finest one ever found.

From Dick in the Everglades by A. W. Dimock

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