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chypre|ʃiːpr| Also chipre, C-. [Fr., = Cyprus.] A heavy perfume based on sandalwood, perh. orig. from Cyprus.
1898Westm. Gaz. 13 July 1/3 An air befogged with Chypre. 1901Ibid. 2 Dec. 2/1 No woman who uses chypre has any sense of proportion. 1901C. Holland Mousmé 82 With a cobwebby lace handkerchief which emitted a faint odour of chipre. 1961S. Gilruth Drown her Remembrance iii. 30 Her eyelashes were coated with mascara, and she wafted oppressive waves of Chypre. |