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pouncet|ˈpaʊnsɪt|
[A modern appellation, app. deduced from pouncet-box, and used in the same sense.]
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1843James Forest Days (1847) 263 Thou art just the height of the King's confessor, and I shall pass for his pouncet-bearer. 1899Westm. Gaz. 5 Aug. 1/3 Among the baubles on the chains—..the old pouncet, the seal, and the pencil-case—there was no knife. 1901Daily News 9 Feb. 8/2 No. 29..described as a die-shaped pouncet. |