[SOAP sb.] An iridescent bubble composed of a thin film of soap and water.
1815. J. Smith, Panorama Sci. & Art, II. 351. By means of the bladder and pipe for filling soap-bubbles with hydrogen.
1830. Sir J. Herschel, Stud. Nat. Phil., 252. Very thin films, either of a liquid (such as a soap-bubble), or of air.
1872. Ruskin, Eagle’s Nest, § 131. Can you explain the frame of a soap-bubble?
fig. 1828. Emerson, in Life (1888), II. 44. The talk has been mere soap-bubbles.
1861. Boyd, Recreat. Country Parson, Ser. II. 195. I have heard men, who spoke in large soap-bubbles.
