toilet vinegar

noun

A moisturizer made with vinegar, for one's toilet (personal care; grooming).

Meanings

nountoilet vinegar (countable and uncountable, plural toilet vinegars)

plural toilet vinegars

  1. archaiccountableuncountableA moisturizer made with vinegar, for one's toilet (personal care; grooming).

    Ablutions with toilet vinegar, friction with flesh gloves, electric brushes, and local steaming are all good methods of treating seborrhea. Of vinegars, I recommend as the best I know the vinaigre de toilette of the "Société Hygienique."

    1886, Anna Bonus Kingsford, Health, Beauty and the Toilet: Letters to Ladies from a Lady Doctor
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