aftershave
Americannoun
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aftershaves
plural
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of aftershave
1920–25; after + shave, originally adjectival, as in aftershave lotion, with following noun now deleted
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The Viet Cong could detect U.S. soldiers by their soap and aftershave.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026
“Strip Rules” has a bracing pace and the aftershave tang of a great 1950s paperback.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026
He famously did an advert for Brut aftershave with British boxer Henry Cooper, as well as the "Green Cross Code" road safety campaign.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
Has he cut corners enough to get some aftershave or peanut butter crackers?
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 15, 2023
Every time it was his birthday, we got him aftershave lotion that our mother paid for.
From "Kira-Kira" by Cynthia Kadohata
Convinced I was having some kind of allergic reaction I proceeded to change soap, laundry detergent, shampoo, and I stopped smelling the perfumes and aftershaves, but nothing worked.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 10, 2017
The men wore jackets and ties and citrus- scented aftershaves.
From "Interpreter of Maladies" by Jhumpa Lahiri
It has the smell of a million transient guests, aftershaves and perfumes and pheromones, and the stale recirc air I remember so well.
From Home Again, Home Again by Cory Doctorow
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