sandsoap

English

Etymology

From sand +‎ soap.

Noun

sandsoap (countable and uncountable, plural sandsoaps)

1. A kind of soap with embedded grains of sand, giving it a coarse, gritty texture, and used for exfoliation or for scrubbing residue from smooth surfaces such as pots and pans.
   • 1922, Joseph Hergesheimer, Mountain Blood‎^[1]:

     He filled a basin with water, and, with an old brush and piece of sandsoap, attacked the stove.

   • 1988, Mary Steele, Mallyroot's Pub at Misery Ponds, Ringwood: Puffin Books, page 71:

     Pa and the two children washed and polished all the windows, and Henry scrubbed B. Singlet's sign with sandsoap and a brush.