eau de Cologne
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of eau de Cologne
First recorded in 1795–1805
Example Sentences
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Faint was his aroma of eau de Cologne.
From Time Magazine Archive
When she again looked in, an hour later, the invalid, with blistered face and fevered eyes, feebly declared herself a "trifle easier," and Strong was bathing her head with eau de Cologne.
From Madeline Payne, the Detective's Daughter by Lawrence L. Lynch
Mrs. Marshall was bending over me, bathing my head with eau de Cologne, and Miss Buller was fanning me with a palm-leaf screen.
From The Fortunes of Philippa A School Story by Angela Brazil
The room was in some disorder--littered with this and that, a bottle of eau de Cologne, Mr. Bonamy's papers, books, and sewing; but it looked comfortable, for it was very evidently inhabited.
From The New Rector by Stanley John Weyman
The Cracrofts sat all round us in the carriage, which was much better than strangers, and Miss Wilson was most kind in keeping her hands bathed with eau de Cologne, &c.
From Story of My Life, volumes 1-3 by Augustus J. C. Hare
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