Sen-Sen

noun

A brand of breath freshener (discontinued in 2013) containing liquorice, often used to disguise the use of alcohol or tobacco.

Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

nounSen-Sen (uncountable)

alternative sensen · alternative sen-sen

  1. uncountableA brand of breath freshener (discontinued in 2013) containing liquorice, often used to disguise the use of alcohol or tobacco.

    He was eating sen-sen cachous.

    1951, Pamela Branch, Lion in the Cellar
    2 more examples

    She was overdressed, but not badly dressed […]; she carried a black satin bag and chewed Sen-sens.

    1915, W. Somerset Maugham, chapter 103, in Of Human Bondage

    The sen-sen was to let on to the other boys and the pullet-sized girls that he had a liquor breath to cover.

    1937, Zora Neale Hurston, Their Eyes Were Watching God, Amistad, published 2013, page 92

Origin

Proprietary name in the US; apparently an arbitrary creation.

Full word history & related roots →
Cite this entry
APA

Sen-Sen. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Sen-Sen

MLA

“Sen-Sen.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Sen-Sen. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Sen-Sen,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Sen-Sen.

Source: Sen-Sen on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.