face-powder

plural face-powders

1. countabledateduncountableDated form of face powder.

   Of Dr. [George Washington] Carver the citation says: […] “Out of the peanut he has made 285 useful products, ranging from face-powder and cheese to axle-grease and oils used in the treatment of infantile paralysis.[”]

   1939 October 9, “Recipients of Roosevelt Medals for 1939 […]”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC

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   She uses makeup hopefully but by some miraculous process removes every trace of lipstick five minutes after applying it, and she never looks in the mirror without regretting the fact that there is no really adhesive face-powder.

   1929 June 22, Alice Frankforter, “Study for a Portrait”, in The New Yorker, New York, N.Y.: Condé Nast Publications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 04 Sep 2026

   A waiter brought his aperitif, which was a small scotch and soda, and as he sipped it gratefully he sighed. ‘Civilized,’ he said to Mr. Campion. ‘Humanizing.’ […] ‘Cigars and summer days and women in big hats with swansdown face-powder, that’s what it reminds me of.’

   1963, Margery Allingham, “Off the Record”, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC, page 67