French chalk
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of French chalk
First recorded in 1720–30
Example Sentences
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Washleather articles should have the grease removed from them, by French chalk, or magnesia; they should then be washed in warm suds, and rinsed in cold water.
From A Treatise on Domestic Economy For the Use of Young Ladies at Home and at School by Catharine Esther Beecher
As to threads, or feathers, or French chalk marks on their clothes, they would not think of looking for them.'
From A Book of Ghosts by S. (Sabine) Baring-Gould
I took French leave the other day, and went to the French Gallery, expecting to see sketches in French chalk, or studies in French grey.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 99, November 22, 1890 by Various
On the table, besides an open book, are a pair of spectacles, four pens, a small box which may contain French chalk for pouncing, and what looks like a piece of sponge.
From The Care of Books by John Willis Clark
If this leaves a blur, rub well with powdered French chalk on the wrong side.
From The Kitchen Encyclopedia Twelfth Edition (Swift & Company) by Anonymous
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