face powder

English

Noun

face powder (countable and uncountable, plural face powders)

A cosmetic made from coloured talc, applied to the face.
- 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 5, in The China Governess‎:
  A waiter brought his aperitif, which was a small scotch and soda, and as he sipped it gratefully he sighed.
  ‘Civilized,’ he said to Mr. Campion. ‘Humanizing.’ […] ‘Cigars and summer days and women in big hats with swansdown face-powder, that's what it reminds me of.’

Translations

cosmetic

Emilian: sìpria f (Mirandolese), sìperia f (Carpigiano)
Irish: snuaphúdar m, púdar snua m
Italian: cipria (it) f

Kalmyk: ө (ö)
Manx: poodyr eddin m
Romanian: pudră de față f

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