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Definition of Powderer
1. Noun. Someone who applies or scatters powder.
Definition of Powderer
1. Noun. Agent noun of powder; one who powders. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Powderer
1. one that powders [n -S] - See also: powders
Lexicographical Neighbors of Powderer
Literary usage of Powderer
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Lives of the Queens of England of the House of Hanover by Doran (John) (1875)
"Till the hair-dresser was admitted for the completion of this last matter, the
Queen, while being dressed, read the newspapers; but when the powderer came ..."
2. Journal of the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy by Philadelphia College of Pharmacy (1831)
"... and fortunately not of a character calculated to do any injury. Inquiry baring
been made of the powderer, it Was ascertained that his ..."
3. Adulterations Detected; Or, Plain Instructions for the Discovery of Frauds by Arthur Hill Hassall (1857)
"A powderer receives a lot of opium so dry that it only loses six per cent, in
powdering. He receives another lot that I- •-. • Fig. 307. ..."
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