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soap night

soap night noun: the night, traditionally two days before Halloween, when small children would use leftover solid soap to smear the windows of their neighbors' houses as a mild prank.

Noun

soap night (plural soap nights)

  1. (US, dated) The night, traditionally two days before Halloween, when small children would use leftover solid soap to smear the windows of their neighbors' houses as a mild prank.

Forms of soap night

pluralsoap nights

Questions about soap night

What does soap night mean?
Soap night means the night, traditionally two days before Halloween, when small children would use leftover solid soap to smear the windows of their neighbors' houses as a mild prank.
What part of speech is soap night?
Soap night is a noun.
What is the plural of soap night?
The plural of soap night is soap nights.

Words near soap night in the dictionary

  1. soap flake
  2. soap flakes
  3. soap foam
  4. soap foams
  5. soap gourd
  6. soap night
  7. soap nights
  8. soap off
  9. soap opera
  10. soap operas
  11. soap operatic

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