Synonyms for suds

Grammar : Noun

Spell : suhdz

Phonetic Transcription : sʌdz

Définition of suds

Origin : 1540s, "dregs, leavings, muck," especially in East Anglia, "ooze left by flood" (this may be the original sense), perhaps borrowed from Middle Dutch sudse "marsh, bog," cognate with Old English soden, past participle of seoþan (see seethe). Meaning "soapy water" dates from 1580s; slang meaning "beer" first attested 1904.

noun froth

Example sentences :

Not until she was elbow deep in suds did she recall her dreams about the octopus.
Extract from : « Weak on Square Roots » by Russell Burton

Azuba wiped the suds from her wet hand and arm upon her apron.
Extract from : « Cap'n Dan's Daughter » by Joseph C. Lincoln

He splashed and built up a mountain of suds, then wallowed in them.
Extract from : « A Yankee Flier Over Berlin » by Al Avery

Then wash them, in the second suds, turning them wrong side out.
Extract from : « A Treatise on Domestic Economy » by Catherine Esther Beecher

Lastly, wash the flannels, in suds as hot as the hand can bear.
Extract from : « A Treatise on Domestic Economy » by Catherine Esther Beecher

Do not put blueing into suds, as it makes specks in the flannel.
Extract from : « A Treatise on Domestic Economy » by Catherine Esther Beecher

Wet white clothes in suds, and lay them on the grass, in the sun.
Extract from : « A Treatise on Domestic Economy » by Catherine Esther Beecher

Wash them in suds, and rinse them till the water comes off clear.
Extract from : « A Treatise on Domestic Economy » by Catherine Esther Beecher

Dorey, go and stir down the clo'es in the boilin' suds, and be quick about it, too!
Extract from : « Joyce's Investments » by Fannie E. Newberry

Dorey, stop jouncin' them hot clo'es up an' down in the suds!
Extract from : « Joyce's Investments » by Fannie E. Newberry

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