suds

• Suds was also used by barbers to name the lather spread on whiskers before shaving.To be in the suds or to be left in the suds was an old slang term pointing to difficulty, embarrassment, or confusion; it could also refer to disgrace.
• After this, the water which remains, is still useful, for washing floors; and then, the suds is a good manure to put around plants It is best to prepare, at once, the whole quantity of water to be used. —  A Treatise on Domestic Economy For the Use of Young Ladies at Home and at School
• Wet white clothes in suds, and lay them on the grass, in the sun. —  A Treatise on Domestic Economy For the Use of Young Ladies at Home and at School
• Wash them in suds, and rinse them till the water comes off clear. —  A Treatise on Domestic Economy For the Use of Young Ladies at Home and at School
• Mrs White is up to the elbows in soap-suds, taking at least ocular and vocal charge of the babe in the mud, and her husband is--"drunk, as usual?" —  Rivers of Ice

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