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n. - A scented lozenge used to sweeten the breath (e.g. to conceal the odor of tobacco).

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Usage examples (13)
  • Dye with 20 lb. Amidazol cachou, 5 lb. soda and 200 lb.
  • Ivan Matveitch noticed that I was tired from playing he would offer me ‘du cachou de Bologne.’
  • Pepper, though, was of infinitely more moment to the ancients than to be merely a topping, nostrum, or cachou.
  • As he goes out, I see him slip a cachou or a clove into his mouth. So his breath won't smell of wine, of course.
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  • That "cachou" (a pastille to sweeten the breath) had a taste like a "cashew" (a nut from a tropical tree).
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