Sentence example with the word 'pomatum'

pomatum

Definition n. hairdressing consisting of a perfumed oil or ointment

Last update: October 3, 2015


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Why, I do believe you've got pomatum on your hair.   [Please select]

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The best quality extract requires two pounds of pomatum to every quart of spirit.   [Please select]

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Fine syringa pomade could be made in England at a quarter the cost of what is paid for the so-called orange pomatum.   [Please select]

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24 tuberose pomatum, cut up very fine, is to be placed into 1 gallon of the best rectified spirit.   [Please select]

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The name of pomatum is derived from _pomum_, an apple, because it was originally made by macerating over-ripe apples in grease.   [Please select]

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Repeating the operation with the same grease several times, produces real "pomatum."   [Please select]

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There too, were officers of the continental army, who required their hair to be pomatumed and plastered, so as to give them a bold and martial aspect.   [Please select]

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Their hair, untortured by the abominations of art, was scrupulously pomatumed back from their foreheads with a candle, and covered with a little cap of quilted calico which fitted exactly to their heads.   [Please select]

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