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saddle soap
noun
- a soap, usually consisting chiefly of Castile, used for cleaning and preserving saddles and other leather articles.
saddle soap
noun
- a soft soap containing neat's-foot oil used to preserve and clean leather
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Word History and Origins
Origin of saddle soap1
First recorded in 1885–90
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Example Sentences
Every single day they had to be washed, then rubbed with saddle soap.
From Literature
There were cans of saddle soap and a drippy can of tar with its paint brush sticking over the edge.
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Leather can be preserved for years by the use of saddle soap and neat's-foot oil, but once it becomes hard and cracked nothing will make it serviceable.
From Project Gutenberg
"Horses," she said showing sharp teeth, "are nothing for a man with your bile—poy-boy—curry comber, smelling of saddle soap—lovely!"
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