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单词 powder pimperlimpimp
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powder pimperlimpimp
powder pimperlimpimp n. (also powder pimpalimpimp) [after French poudre de prelimpinpin (1640), also poudre de perlimpinpin (1690) < poudre powder + de de prep. + an element of imitative origin] Obsolete a powder claimed to have magical powers used by conjurors, etc. (also in allusive use); cf. powder of prelinpinpin n. at sense 4d.
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society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > legerdemain, etc. > [noun] > juggler or conjurer > pretended magical powder
powder le pimp1688
powder pimperlimpimp1688
powder of prelinpinpin1694
1688 Vox Cleri pro Rege 55 By virtue of their Powder pimp a lim pimp, he is changed again into a limited Prince.
1704 J. Swift Tale of Tub iv. 97 Peter would put in a certain Quantity of his Powder Pimperlim-pimp, after which it never failed of Success.
1796 R. C. tr. Princess Coquedœuf & Prince Bonbon 161 Dortdunœil pulled out a little powder of pimperlimpimp, that admirable powder, which..makes the lasses run after the lads, as dogs do after the whip.
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