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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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
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
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
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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