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Talcum powder   /tˈælkəm pˈaʊdər/   Listen
Talcum powder

noun
1.
A toilet powder made of purified talc and usually scented; absorbs excess moisture.  Synonym: talcum.





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"Talcum powder" Quotes from Famous Books



... won't do you any harm. It washes off soon." And she dashed something on the yellow hair. Betty sat with closed eyes and submitted. Then her mentor burnt a cork and put a touch to the eyebrows that made a different Betty out of her. A soft smudge of dark under her eyes and a touch of talcum powder gave her a sickly complexion and when Betty stood up and looked in the glass she did not know herself. Jane finished the toilet by a smart though somewhat shabby black hat pulled well down over Betty's eyes, ...
— Exit Betty • Grace Livingston Hill


Words linked to "Talcum powder" :   talcum, talc, dusting powder, toilet powder, bath powder


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