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Definition of Soft-soap

1. Verb. Persuade someone through flattery. "They soft-soap him into writing the letter"

2. Verb. Use flattering talk on somebody. "Sam and Sue soft-soap"

Definition of Soft-soap

1. Noun. Persuasion by means of flattery or pleasing words. ¹

2. Verb. To attempt to persuade by flattery or pleasing words. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Soft-soap

soft-pedaled soft-pedaling soft-pedalled soft-pedalling soft-pedals soft-shell clam soft-shell crab soft-shell turtle soft-shell turtles soft-shelled

soft-shelled crab soft-shelled turtle soft-shoe soft-shoe dancing soft-shoe shuffle soft-soap (current term) soft-solder soft-spoken soft-witted soft Mick

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Literary usage of Soft-soap

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review by Isaac Smith Homans, William B. Dana (1845)
"The soft soap was made exclusively at Hull, Bradford, Leeds, Liverpool, and Manchester. The total quantity of soap exported from England, in the year 1844-5 ..."

2. Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review by William B. Dana (1845)
"The soft soap was made exclusively at Hull, Bradford, Leeds, Liverpool, and Manchester. The total quantity of soap exported from England, in the year 1844-5 ..."

3. Dr. Chase's Recipes: Or, Information for Everybody. An Invaluable Collection by Alvin Wood Chase (1860)
"Even in 'common soft soap, if this amount of sal soda is put into that ... Chemical Soft Soap.—J. Hamilton, an English gentleman, and proprietor of the ..."

4. Chambers's Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for the People (1868)
"soft-soap is comparatively little used, except for coarse ... soft-soap ought to be made with olive oil and potash, and it should be of yellowish-white ..."

5. Hunt's Merchants' Magazine by Freeman Hunt (1845)
"The soft soap was made exclusively at Hull, Bradford, Leeds, Liverpool, and Manchester. The total quantity of soap exported from England, in the year 1844-5 ..."

6. Chemical Technology; Or, Chemistry in Its Applications to the Arts and by Edmund Ronalds, Thomas Richardson, Henry Watts, Friedrich Ludwig Knapp (1863)
"Soft soap is consequently contaminated with all these substances, ... Soft soap never dries up completely to a solid mass, even after long exposure to the ..."

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