toilet powder
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of toilet powder
First recorded in 1890–95
Example Sentences
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Is also extensively used as a toilet powder, and is sold under various names; it is not so unctuous as the ordinary kind.
From The Art of Perfumery And Methods of Obtaining the Odors of Plants by George William Septimus Piesse
Dr. Poyet also puts singers on their guard against scented toilet powder.
From The Voice Its Production, Care and Preservation by Frank E. Miller
The room is full of odor of toilet powder.
From Hania by Henryk Sienkiewicz
Any toilet powder or boracic acid will protect the skin to a considerable extent.
From Boy Scouts Handbook The First Edition, 1911 by Boy Scouts of America
Simple cold water is better than flour, starch, toilet powder, cotton batting, and other things which are apt to stick, and make an after-examination very painful.
From A Practical Physiology by Albert F. Blaisdell
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