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; 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 Garnett, Constance

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 Beech, Franklin

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 Watson, Sidney

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 Joyce, James

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