Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Powdered perfume for use in sachets.
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Examples
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A faint aroma of delicate food and fading flowers and woman's sachet-powder hung about him.
The Squirrel-Cage Dorothy Canfield Fisher 1918
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In the stage the day he started for Philadelphia, William King read over his Martha's memorandum with the bewildered carefulness peculiar to good husbands: ten yards of crash; a pitcher for sorghum; samples of yarn; an ounce of sachet-powder, and so forth.
The Awakening of Helena Richie Margaret Wade Campbell Deland 1901
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But when at last she did say, "And my sachet-powder?" he was compelled to admit that he had forgotten it.
The Awakening of Helena Richie Margaret Wade Campbell Deland 1901
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"Now, what on earth does she want sachet-powder for?" he reflected.
The Awakening of Helena Richie Margaret Wade Campbell Deland 1901
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"And what did you want sachet-powder for, anyway?"
The Awakening of Helena Richie Margaret Wade Campbell Deland 1901
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Your waking will be only a sentimental and perfumed regret -- a sachet-powder sorrow. "
Success A Novel Samuel Hopkins Adams 1914
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