powder-bag

plural powder-bags

1. historicalA bag for gunpowder.
2. datedA woman's accessory in the form of a small bag containing cosmetic powder.

   "You have your powder-bag, my dear Enid. If you see a particularly good specimen of ectoplasm in the course of the evening don't forget your father."

   1925 July – 1926 May, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “(please specify the chapter number)”, in The Land of Mist (eBook no. 0601351h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg Australia, published April 2019