Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A kind of cooling unguent for the skin, usually made of almond-oil, spermaceti, white wax, and rose-water.
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- verb put cold cream on one's face
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Examples
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The full sentence is: "Patience and a little cold-cream are said to have taken a snail to Constantinople; patience, constant trying, and good work will certainly overcome any obstacle to co-operation with guardians."
Have you ever taken a snail to Constantinople? (I have) AYDIN 2008
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Kimberly-Clark, which invented Kleenex in the 1920s as a "sanitary cold-cream remover," continues to post strong sales gains and steady growth in operating profit.
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“I was very careful to fill my purse with an extra supply of powder, lipstick, and cold-cream and to choose the only flat-heeled shoes in my suitcase.”
Human Smoke Nicholson Baker 2008
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Was it patience and a little cold-cream have taken a snail to Constantinople or patience and a little cold-cream will take a snail to Constantinople or something else along those lines?
Have you ever taken a snail to Constantinople? (I have) AYDIN 2008
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Was it patience and a little cold-cream have taken a snail to Constantinople or patience and a little cold-cream will take a snail to Constantinople or something else along those lines?
Archive 2008-08-01 AYDIN 2008
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Ah the intellectual cold-cream balm of raincoaster blog.
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“Off this porch,” Poltoi said through the screen when he showed up the next day, offering her an empty cold-cream jar for three dollars.
The Worst Years of Your Life Mark Jude Poirier 2007
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It was for him that she filed her nails with the care of a chaser, and that there was never enough cold-cream for her skin, nor of patchouli for her handkerchiefs.
Madame Bovary 2003
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It was a large cold-cream jar and when I unscrewed the top the content was dark and sticky and it had the smell of very raw opium.
A Moveable Feast Ernest Hemingway 1992
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It was a large cold-cream jar and when I unscrewed the top the content was dark and sticky and it had the smell of very raw opium.
A Moveable Feast Ernest Hemingway 1992
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