0 a thick layer of thin steel threads twisted together, small pieces of which can be used to rub a surface smooth
1 a mass of thin steel threads twisted together and used to clean a surface or rub it smooth
Pot scourers of tax-free abrasive cloth have been sold on the retail market in competition with taxable pot scourers of more traditional materials such as steel wool.
The packages contained items such as steel wool, dog biscuits, and ant buttons (which were clearly labeled with the word poison).
It will be found that "(t)" includes something known as a pot scourer, and also steel wool.
The housewife will insist upon having the necessary pot scourer and steel wool, but the tax might have a bad effect on the catering industry.
For example, there are seven different fragrances of one pack of talcum powder and nine varying grades of steel wool.
I would not class coal and cinder sieves and sifters with dustbins for instance—or even with pot scourers and steel wool.
Is it seriously supposed that, as a result of an increase in the price, people will buy fewer pot scourers, less steel wool and fewer pastry boards?
Would he reconsider the matter and see whether the pot scourer, the useful, magic pot scourer, and its accompaniment of steel wool, can be exempted from the tax?
