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cachou

American

[kuh-shoo, ka-, kash-oo] / kəˈʃu, kæ-, ˈkæʃ u /

noun

catechu.
a pill or lozenge for sweetening the breath.

cachou British

/ ˈkæʃuː, kæˈʃuː /

noun

a lozenge eaten to sweeten the breath
another name for catechu

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Etymology

Origin of cachou

1700–10; < French < Portuguese cachu < Malay; catechu

Example Sentences

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Van Bleit was sucking cachous for the sweetening of his breath.

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And as to entrées—will you have cockscomb cachous or sweetbread pilules?

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In the air was the odor of spices and cachous.

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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.

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Dante gave him a cachou every time he brought her a piece of tissue paper.

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