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Joan, who had gone into the bungalow, tossed down a strip of white calico, in which old Telepasse was promptly wrapped, and he stood forth, resplendent and purified, withal he still spat and strangled from the soap-suds with which Noa Noah had gargled his throat.
Chapter 11 2010
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Maria, in her excitement, jammed the bedroom and bedroom-closet doors together, and for five minutes, through the partly open door, clouds of steam, smelling of soap-suds and dirt, poured into the sick chamber.
Chapter 26 2010
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In less than five minutes we would have a hundred gallons of soap-suds in us and be eaten up so quickly that we could not even be present at our own inquest.
LIGHTING OUT FOR THE TERRITORY JR. ROY MORRIS 2010
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In less than five minutes we would have a hundred gallons of soap-suds in us and be eaten up so quickly that we could not even be present at our own inquest.
LIGHTING OUT FOR THE TERRITORY JR. ROY MORRIS 2010
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How should one greet six beautiful girls when one is dressed in nothing but soap-suds and a plastic moustache-cover?
Paperback Cover Cavalcade 2 Steve 2009
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It literally destroys the flavor of anything with which it comes in contact, due to it's horrid, completely overpowering, soap-suds taste.
What does soap taste like? | Homesick Texan Homesick Texan 2006
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Mrs.Gam. takes in washing; and it is said that, her continual dealings with soap-suds and hot water have been the only things in life which have kept her from spontaneous combustion.
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'Mr. Moore, a lady called to inquire after you: none of the women were about: it is washing day, and the maids are over the crown of the head in soap-suds in the back-kitchen; so I asked her to step up.'
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With difficulty and much panting he made his way up the stairs flooded with soap-suds, and adorned with the tracks of dogs and cats.
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"The foam is like soap-suds, " said Nora, watching some swirling down the river.
The Secret Mountain Blyton, Enid, 1898?-1968 1965
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