pomatum

How to use pomatum in a sentence

• The same scents may also be used for pomatum, which should be made of perfectly pure lard, or marrow.

  The Ladies' Book of Etiquette, and Manual of Politeness | Florence Hartley

• His hair was a little less primrose coloured than it had been (pomatum does darken hair a little), but his eyes had not altered.

  Mushroom Town | Oliver Onions

• Theres knavery in daubing, I hold my life; or else this only female pomatum.

  The Mermaid Series. Edited by H. Ellis. The best plays of the old dramatists. Thomas Dekker. Edited, with an introduction and notes by Ernest Rhys. | Thomas Dekker

• The majority vouchsafed no reply; others, fancying it was pomatum for ringworm of the scalp, refused testily.

  Bouvard and Pcuchet, part 2 | Gustave Flaubert

• If the whole be then exposed to a considerable degree of heat, it will assume the consistence of pomatum, and may be used as such.

  Endless Amusement | Unknown