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powder

2 verb
     
Related topics: Hair and Beauty
powder2
1 [transitive]DCB to put powder on something, especially your skin:
She was powdering her face.
2

powder your nose

DCB an expression meaning to go to the toilet, used by women to avoid saying this directly:
She's just gone to powder her nose.
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