toilet powder

American  

noun

1. a fine powder sprinkled or rubbed over the skin, especially after bathing.

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Etymology

Origin of toilet powder

First recorded in 1890–95

Example Sentences

Simple cold water is better than flour, starch, toilet powder, cotton batting, and other things which are apt to stick, and make an after-examination very painful.

From A Practical Physiology by Blaisdell, Albert F.

Is also extensively used as a toilet powder, and is sold under various names; it is not so unctuous as the ordinary kind.

From The Art of Perfumery And Methods of Obtaining the Odors of Plants by Piesse, George William Septimus

The room is full of odor of toilet powder.

From Hania by Sienkiewicz, Henryk

"I knew," he says, "a great singer who was obliged to renounce the use of the toilet powder called 'à la Maréchale.'"

From The Voice Its Production, Care and Preservation by Miller, Frank E.

After the rub apply a little toilet powder if the patient desires it.

From American Red Cross Text-Book on Home Hygiene and Care of the Sick by Cross, American Red