chypre
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of chypre
literally: Cyprus, where it perhaps originated
Example Sentences
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She turned on the third from the left, dabbed herself with chypre and, carrying her shoes and stockings in her hand, went out to see if one of the vibro-vacuum machines were free.
From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley
For a moment the Spaniard pressed her hulk so close to Esther that the latter was nearly choked with the fumes of her chypre.
From Juggernaut by Alice Campbell
A faint scent of chypre from Petticoat's cigarette as he alit.
From Ptomaine Street by Carolyn Wells
Liszt was interpreted as ylang-ylang, myrrh, and maréchale; Richard Strauss, by wistaria, oil of cloves, chypre, poppy, and crab-apple.
From Visionaries by James Huneker
From my place by the stove, I could see the scalloped edges of the paper with a flaring monogram in the corner and could even smell the reek of chypre.
From Traffics and Discoveries by Rudyard Kipling
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