单词 | powdering closet |
释义 | > as lemmaspowdering closet powdering closet n. now historical = powdering room n. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the hair > places for styling hair > [noun] > for powdering the hair powdering room1767 powdering closet1786 powder room1788 powder closet1848 1786 E. Clayton in M. Delany Autobiogr. & Corr. (1862) 2nd Ser. III. 399 A bed-chamber, two dressing-rooms, two powdering-closets. 1875 A. I. Thackeray Miss Angel xv There was a powdering-closet on the second story of the house. 1932 J. Buchan Gap in Curtain v. 273 There was a little powdering-closet next door, where he had a bed made up. 2004 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 30 Jan. e40 Such suites normally had an antechamber, a bedroom, powdering closets (for powdering hair in that era), dressing rooms and servants' rooms. < as lemmas |
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