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soapies

soapies is the plural of soapie.

Meaning of soapie

Noun

soapie (plural soapies)

  1. (Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, informal) A soap opera.
    • The conventions include […] impossibly complicated interrelationships (most characters in soapies are either related or married or have slept together, and in celebrated instances, all three).1988, Gunther Kress, Communication and Culture, New South Wales University Press, page 177
    Synonyms:
    soap

Questions about soapies

What is soapies the plural of?
Soapies is the plural of soapie.

Words near soapies in the dictionary

  1. soapfishes
  2. soapflake
  3. soapflakes
  4. soapie
  5. soapier
  6. soapies
  7. soapiest
  8. soapified
  9. soapifies
  10. soapify
  11. soapifying

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