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soaplessness - What does it mean?

Definition of 'soaplessness'

English

Noun

(-)
  • The state or condition of being soapless; lack of soap; hence, uncleanliness.
  • * 1884 , The English household magazine (page 31)
  • In the common kitchen, you may see them grouped picturesquely enough, but with an unsavoury monotony of soaplessness
  • * 1931 , The Week-end Review (volume 3, issues 43-68, page 433)
  • One poor devil, unused to ragging, and reproached with soaplessness , went out and shot himself in the area, and at our library table a Suicide Club or pact (anterior to Louis Stevenson's) was solemnly formed.