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Date: 1800-1900
Origin: eau de cologne

cologne

 noun
     
Related topics: Hair and Beauty
co‧logne also eau de cologne [uncountable]
DCB a liquid that smells slightly of flowers or plants, that you put on your neck or wrists [↪ perfume]
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