First recorded in 1905–10
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She said state police badly damaged the fingerprints they found at the crime scene with smears and excess dusting powder.
From Washington Post • Dec. 6, 2020
She shook some dusting powder into a plastic tub and the students held it up to the open cage.
From Washington Times • Sep. 24, 2016
Cologne and dusting powder for Magdalene called Lena; a compact for Corinthians; a five-pound box of chocolates for his mother.
From "Song of Solomon" by Toni Morrison
Subsequent treatment consists in a local application of a desiccant dusting powder, which should be applied five or six times daily.
From Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1 by Lacroix, John Victor
Take two ounces of baking soda, mix with half an ounce of corn starch, and use as a dusting powder, after the parts have been thoroughly cleansed and dried.
From Making Good on Private Duty by Lounsbery, Harriet Camp
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