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Webster 1913 Edition
Suds
Suds
,Noun.
 pl.
 Water impregnated with soap, esp. when worked up into bubbles and froth. 
In the suds
, in turmoil or difficulty. 
[Colloq.] 
Beau. & Fl.
 Webster 1828 Edition
Suds
SUDS
,Noun.
 To be in the suds, to be in turmoil or difficulty; a familiar phrase.