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Soft soap   /sɑft soʊp/   Listen
Soft soap

noun
1.
Flattery designed to gain favor.  Synonyms: blarney, coaxing, sweet talk.
2.
A soft (or liquid) soap made from vegetable oils; used in certain skin diseases.  Synonym: green soap.






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"Soft soap" Quotes from Famous Books



... should wash your brushes carefully with soap and water. You may use warm water, but don't have it hot, as that may melt the glue which holds the bristles together in the ferrule. Use strong soap with plenty of lye in it—common bar soap, or better, the old-fashioned soft soap. Hold several brushes together in one hand so that the tips are all of a length, dip them together into or rub them onto the soap, and then rub them briskly in the palm of the other hand. When the ...
— The Painter in Oil - A complete treatise on the principles and technique - necessary to the painting of pictures in oil colors • Daniel Burleigh Parkhurst

... the girl flattering attentions, and when he brought her back, gallantly asked for the key to unlock the door for her. He dropped the key on the floor, stooped for it, pressed it against a bit of soft soap he had in his left palm. Having secured the outline of the key, he secured also a return engagement for the next evening off. On this occasion he brought with him a duplicate of the key, and when he unlocked ...
— We Can't Have Everything • Rupert Hughes



Words linked to "Soft soap" :   soap, flattery, green soap, sweet talk, coaxing



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