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dusting powder

noun

  1. a powder used on the skin, especially to relieve irritation or absorb moisture.


dusting-powder

noun

  1. fine powder (such as talcum powder) used to absorb moisture, etc
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of dusting powder1

First recorded in 1905–10
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Example Sentences

This is painted over the parts and allowed to dry, and a mild dusting powder sprinkled over.

The same applications or a dusting powder of calomel may also be used on moist papules.

Iodol may also be applied to ulcers as a dusting-powder, usually mixed with one to several parts of zinc oxide or boric acid.

The entire wound is then covered with a dusting powder composed of zinc oxide, boric acid, exsiccated alum, phenol and camphor.

He left the colt in the pasture and all the care it received was the regular application of a proprietary dusting powder.

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