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Definition of Soapie
1. soaper [n -S] - See also: soaper
Lexicographical Neighbors of Soapie
Literary usage of Soapie
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Supplement to Court Leet Records: Vol. 1. A.d. 1550-1624, Containing by Southampton Record Society (1908)
"... 88), soapie, SOAPY, adj., soapy: ' soapie sudds' (1616, 104). SORTE,
subs., sort : ' in such sorte that' (1569, 1) ; 'in such sorte ..."
2. The East Anglian: Or, Notes and Queries on Subjects Connected with the by Charles Harold Evelyn White (1887)
"... by an outside flight " Sopje" house where saps of beer, &c., were drank during "
the perambulation." Need I say " sopje " is pronounced " soapie " ? ..."
3. The Red Dragon: The National Magazine of Wales edited by Charles Wilkins, James Harris (1884)
"... Bitter Aloes, soapie, Jumping Jesus, Father Adam, Holy Moses, Lincoln, Sally
Chitterlings, Molly Coddle, Buttery Ben, The Tearer, Will Pig, ..."
4. Reminiscences and Notices of Ten Parishes of the County of Haddington by John Martine, E. J. Wilson (1894)
"He went by the name of " soapie Mitchell." A Mr Junes carried on the Soap Works
for some years after his death. Ruddiman France, writer, was Chamberlain and ..."
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