skin food
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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The flush suddenly deepened; he was thinking of Lenina, of an angel in bottle-green viscose, lustrous with youth and skin food, plump, benevolently smiling.
From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley
The skin food should be rubbed in all over the face and far down upon the neck with a firm, circular movement.
From The Woman Beautiful or, The Art of Beauty Culture by Stevans, Helen Follett
"Ah, that's the massage and the skin food and neck exercises," said I, wisely.
From The Heather-Moon by Williamson, A. M. (Alice Muriel)
They did not know whether "Wyoming" was a battleship or some patent skin food.
From Continuous Vaudeville by Merrit, Hal
For this reason a cream or skin food is used.
From The Woman Beautiful or, The Art of Beauty Culture by Stevans, Helen Follett
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