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Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. A kind of cooling unguent for the skin, usually made of almond-oil, spermaceti, white wax, and rose-water.

WordNet 3.0

  1. v. put cold cream on one's face

Examples

  • “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?”

    Archive 2008-08-01

  • ““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.”

    human sexuality and robot intelligence « raincoaster

  • ““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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