dusting powder

American  

noun

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

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dusting-powder British  

noun

1. fine powder (such as talcum powder) used to absorb moisture, etc

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Etymology

Origin of dusting powder

First recorded in 1905–10

Example Sentences

She said state police badly damaged the fingerprints they found at the crime scene with smears and excess dusting powder.

From Washington Post • Dec. 6, 2020

She shook some dusting powder into a plastic tub and the students held it up to the open cage.

From Washington Times • Sep. 24, 2016

Cologne and dusting powder for Magdalene called Lena; a compact for Corinthians; a five-pound box of chocolates for his mother.

From "Song of Solomon" by Toni Morrison

Powdered zinc oxide, or starch as a dusting powder.

From Mother's Remedies Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers of the United States and Canada by Ritter, Thomas Jefferson

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

From Essentials of Diseases of the Skin Including the Syphilodermata Arranged in the Form of Questions and Answers Prepared Especially for Students of Medicine by Stelwagon, Henry Weightman