cold-cream

• “Was it patience and a little cold-cream have taken a snail to Constantinople or patience and a little cold-cream will take a snail to Constantinople or something else along those lines?”

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• ““I was very careful to fill my purse with an extra supply of powder, lipstick, and cold-cream and to choose the only flat-heeled shoes in my suitcase.””

  Simon & Schuster: Human Smoke

• “The full sentence is: "Patience and a little cold-cream are said to have taken a snail to Constantinople; patience, constant trying, and good work will certainly overcome any obstacle to co-operation with guardians.”

  Have you ever taken a snail to Constantinople? (I have)

• “Kimberly-Clark, which invented Kleenex in the 1920s as a "sanitary cold-cream remover," continues to post strong sales gains and steady growth in operating profit.”

  The Wall Street Journal: At Kimberly-Clark, Staples

• “Ah the intellectual cold-cream balm of raincoaster blog.”

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• ““Off this porch,” Poltoi said through the screen when he showed up the next day, offering her an empty cold-cream jar for three dollars.”

  Simon & Schuster: The Worst Years of Your Life

• “It was for him that she filed her nails with the care of a chaser, and that there was never enough cold-cream for her skin, nor of patchouli for her handkerchiefs.”

  Madame Bovary

• “It was a large cold-cream jar and when I unscrewed the top the content was dark and sticky and it had the smell of very raw opium.”

  Simon & Schuster: A Moveable Feast

• “Davies and Risk, when called to supper, smelled strongly of rose-scented cold-cream; and Lund was unsparing in sarcastic remarks on the extreme floridness of complexion of the entire party.”

  Adrift in the Ice-Fields

• “The Indian woman held a lantern, and Black Bear dipped his fingers in a jar of cold-cream and began to smear his whole face and neck.”

  Six Little Bunkers at Cowboy Jack's

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