cachou

American

[kuh-shoo, ka-, kash-oo] / kəˈʃu, kæ-, ˈkæʃ u /

noun

catechu.
a pill or lozenge for sweetening the breath.

cachou British

/ ˈkæʃuː, kæˈʃuː /

noun

a lozenge eaten to sweeten the breath
another name for catechu

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Etymology

Origin of cachou

1700–10; < French < Portuguese cachu < Malay; see catechu

Example Sentences

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

From A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by Joyce, James

Amidazol blacks, 79, 121, 179. — black G, 124, 126. — brown, 121. — cachou, 127. — cutch, 126. — drab, 127. — green B, 127.

From The Dyeing of Cotton Fabrics A Practical Handbook for the Dyer and Student by Beech, Franklin

When Ivan Matveitch noticed that I was tired from playing he would offer me 'du cachou de Bologne.'

From The Jew and Other Stories by Garnett, Constance

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.

From The Mark of the Beast by Watson, Sidney

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