blue mottled, noun phrase

Obsolete. In full blue mottled soap: blue soap.
[1804 R. Percival Acct of Cape of G.H. 98A species of soap made from the fat of beef and sheep, with the ashes of some particular plants; it resembles in appearance a bluish mottled marble.]
1891 H.J. Duckitt Hilda’s ‘Where Is It?’ 170Shred half a pound of blue mottled soap in a jug.
1900 O. Osborne In Land of Boers 176Cutting off a cube from the bar of best blue mottled, I grabbed one of my newest flannel shirts, soused it in the water, and then — dropped the soap into the river.
1913 A. Glossop Barnes’s S. Afr. Hsehold Guide 269Sunlight soap for general wearing apparel, ‘blue-mottled’ for household linen; &c.
1928 J.W.N. Moller What Every Hsewife Should Know 86Blue Mottled Soap.
In full blue mottled soap: blue soap.
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