cachou
Americannoun
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a lozenge eaten to sweeten the breath
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another name for catechu
Etymology
Origin of cachou
1700–10; < French < Portuguese cachu < Malay; see catechu
Example Sentences
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Amidazol blacks, 79, 121, 179. — black G, 124, 126. — brown, 121. — cachou, 127. — cutch, 126. — drab, 127. — green B, 127.
From The Dyeing of Cotton Fabrics A Practical Handbook for the Dyer and Student by Franklin Beech
When the very last touch had been given to this wonderful toilette, one of the attendants gave me a cachou from a box to sweeten my breath.
From The Mark of the Beast by Sidney Watson
When Ivan Matveitch noticed that I was tired from playing he would offer me 'du cachou de Bologne.'
From The Jew and Other Stories by Constance Garnett
Dante gave him a cachou every time he brought her a piece of tissue paper.
From A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce
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