cachou

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

noun

1. catechu.
2. 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

Word History and Origins

Origin of cachou¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of cachou¹

C18: via French from Portuguese, from Malay kāchu

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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