lotion

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This lotion is an excellent moisturizer, and while I don't think it lasts the 24 hours that it claims, it does leave my skin feeling softer for hours.

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  1. noun A medicated liquid for external application.
  2. noun Any of various externally applied cosmetic liquids.

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  • This lotion is an excellent moisturizer, and while I don't think it lasts the 24 hours that it claims, it does leave my skin feeling softer for hours. —  Epinions Recent Content for Home
  • I must say that this lotion is absolutely wonderful! —  Epinions Recent Content for Home
  • The lasting effects of this lotion is amazingly smoooooooooth feet! —  Epinions Recent Content for Home
  • I'm also going to put Patriots stuff in it cause he likes them and he loves my lotion which is vanilla so I'm gonna put a tiny bottle of that so he can smell it when he misses me. and I'm going to IOUs with things like "a back massage" and "one free kiss" and "one free home cooked meal" —  Yahoo! Answers: Latest Questions
  • You should note that the hair and the scalp must be kept dry before the lotion is applied. —  MyLinkVault Newest Links
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  1. Middle English locion, from Old French lotion, from Latin lōtiō, lōtiōn-, a washing, from lōtus, past participle of lavere, to wash; see leu(ə)- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. = French lotion = Spanish locion = Portuguese loção = Italian lozione, from Latin lotio(n-), also lavatio(n-), a washing, from lavare, lavatus, lautus, lotus, wash: see lave, v.
 

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/ˈloʊʃən/
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