"no soap" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "The phrase appears, with no clear meaning, in a 1755 Samuel Foote nonsense prose poem, \"The Grand Panjandrum\". In the U.S., soap took on the meaning of money (see OED), and so no soap was a denial of money, say in response to a request for some.",
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          "ref": "1942, Rex Stout, Black Orchids, Farrar & Rinehart",
          "text": "I went back down to the men's room on the second floor and yelled his name in front of the private apartments, but no soap.",
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          "ref": "1973, Robert B. Parker, The Godwulf Manuscript, Houghton Mifflin",
          "text": "I rang. Nothing happened. I rang again and leaned on it. No soap.",
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          "ref": "1983 March, Bruce Jay Friedman, “Detroit Abe”, in Esquire",
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          "ref": "1992, Richard Ben Cramer, What It Takes: The Way to the White House, Random House",
          "text": "And he tried again—Lou always persisted—but no soap.",
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        "It is (or was) a failure."
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        "(idiomatic, slang, dated) It is (or was) a failure."
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          "word": "no joy"
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        "(idiomatic, slang, dated) It is (or was) a failure."
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