pomatum
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of pomatum
1555–65; < New Latin, Latinization of pomade; neuter (for feminine) to agree with Latin pōmum fruit; see pome
Example Sentences
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Gray strands streak her hair, though she's cleverly tried to cover them with beeswax and pomatum.
From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton
Patty was just like them; and I declare the nasty thing might have eaten pomatum, she used such a quantity.
From A Fluttered Dovecote by Fenn, George Manville
The whole is beat together in a varnished earthen pot, and set over a slow fire, and stirred with a wooden spoon till it acquires the consistence of soft pomatum.
From The Ladies' Book of Etiquette, and Manual of Politeness A Complete Hand Book for the Use of the Lady in Polite Society by Hartley, Florence
The copy consisted of torn and angular fragments of letters and notes, of covers of periodicals and shreds of curling papers, unctuous with pomatum and bear's grease.
From Methods of Authors by Erichsen, Hugo
The same author gives us a peculiar use of the apple which may be interesting to some who never before associated pomatum with the products of the orchard.
From American Pomology Apples by Warder, J. A.
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