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sandsoap

British  
/ ˈsændˌsəʊp /

noun

  1. a gritty general-purpose soap

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Polish the knives with bathbrick, wood ashes or sandsoap.

From Public School Domestic Science by Hoodless, Adelaide

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

From Mountain Blood A Novel by Hergesheimer, Joseph

Welcome the suitcased salesman; the Bon-Brush Man: big-bristled, wooden-backed scrubbing & bottle brushes, sandsoap & Brasso for hard domestic usage.

From Unmanned by Oliver, Stephen

I never touch the outside of a pot––and I scour them with sandsoap.

From Hidden Water by Dixon, Maynard