There was a softish sandy spot in advance of it, into which one of the front wheels plunged.
"The Settler and the Savage"
R.M. Ballantyne
So he made the best of his plaid, and picked a softish place, and went off into a sort of dog-sleep, which lasted at intervals through the short summer night.
"Tom Brown at Oxford"
Thomas Hughes
"It has a softish feel," said the Kentuckian, as he drew his hand across one of the projecting points.
"The Lone Ranche"
Captain Mayne Reid