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powder puff
1noun
- a soft, feathery ball or pad, as of cotton or down, for applying powder to the skin.
powder-puff
2[ pou-der-puhf ]
adjective
- limited to participation by women or girls:
She plays on the powder-puff touch football team.
- inconsequential; trifling; lightweight:
a powder-puff company with little financing and a weak sales effort.
powder puff
noun
- a soft pad or ball of fluffy material used for applying cosmetic powder to the skin
Word History and Origins
Origin of powder puff1
Origin of powder puff2
Example Sentences
Instead of NFL football, I was treated to an evening of powder-puff.
It was an ordinary little powder puff of pink silk and white down—very small, very dainty, if very commonplace.
My indispensable steel mirror with patent lanyard and powder puff for attachment to service revolver is in perfect working order.
A—you don't happen to have a small bag to hold a powder-puff, and so on, you know?
Oh, Mr. Shockley, between you and this Western sun, I shall soon need a new powder puff.
And away she and her sister skipped, to put on the brown toques, and to refresh themselves with a powder puff.
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