toilet powder

American  

noun

1. a fine powder sprinkled or rubbed over the skin, especially after bathing.

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Etymology

Origin of toilet powder

First recorded in 1890–95

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Example Sentences

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toilet powder

After the rub apply a little toilet powder if the patient desires it.

From American Red Cross Text-Book on Home Hygiene and Care of the Sick by American Red Cross

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

There were a cracked toilette glass, a few rickety chairs, a heavy smell of stale toilet powder, and little else.

From Sparrows: the story of an unprotected girl by Horace W. C. (Horace Wykeham Can) Newte

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

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