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cachou

[ kuh-shoo, ka-, kash-oo ]

noun

  1. a pill or lozenge for sweetening the breath.


cachou

/ ˈkæʃuː; kæˈʃuː /

noun

  1. a lozenge eaten to sweeten the breath
  2. another name for catechu
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of cachou1

1700–10; < French < Portuguese cachu < Malay; catechu
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of cachou1

C18: via French from Portuguese, from Malay
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Example Sentences

Van Bleit was sucking cachous for the sweetening of his breath.

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And as to entrées—will you have cockscomb cachous or sweetbread pilules?

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In the air was the odor of spices and cachous.

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When the very last touch had been given to this wonderful toilette, one of the attendants gave me a cachou from a box to sweeten my breath.

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Dante gave him a cachou every time he brought her a piece of tissue paper.

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