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Definition of Toilet powder
1. Noun. A fine powder for spreading on the body (as after bathing).
Generic synonyms: Powder
Specialized synonyms: Talcum, Talcum Powder
Lexicographical Neighbors of Toilet Powder
Literary usage of Toilet powder
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Squibb's Materia Medica by E.R. Squibb & Sons (1906)
"This house offers a toilet powder, made in response to requests received from
... SQUIBB'S TALCUM toilet powder is carefully made from the best selected ..."
2. The Mineral Industry by Richard Pennefather Rothwell (1922)
"A difference of a few dollars in the price of a ton of talc is of little importance
to the manufacturer of toilet powder, for the cost of the talc is an ..."
3. The BookmanPopular culture (1905)
"R. There is no toilet article in the selection of which greater care should be
used than a toilet powder. In these days of imitation and substitution there ..."
4. American Druggist (1887)
"White toilet powder. IDENTICAL with that sold by Paris perfumers, very adhesive and
... Pink toilet powder. White toilet powder..3000 parts. Carmine 1 part. ..."
5. The Scientific American Cyclopedia of Formulas: Partly Based Upon the 28th by Albert Allis Hopkins (1910)
"Talcum toilet powder.—1.—Talc, to be used as a toilet powder, should be in a
state of very fine division. Antiseptics are sometimes added in small ..."
6. Bulletin of Pharmacy (1914)
"A toilet powder and a Sanitary Powder. JR—"Please furnish formulas for a toilet
... For a toilet powder a combination containing talc as the principal ..."
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