Finally, all the pomatum, which is now called. From Wordnik.com. [The Art of Perfumery And Methods of Obtaining the Odors of Plants] Reference
His hair is enriched with pomatum and his shoes are radiantly polished. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 22, August, 1878] Reference
“Jemimar!” says he, holding out his, and turning as white as pomatum. From Wordnik.com. [Cox's Diary] Reference
Yesterday evening I dressed his sores with pomatum and put a bandage round his body. From Wordnik.com. [Journal of Landsborough's Expedition from Carpentaria In search of Burke and Wills] Reference
He stood before the small glass tacked in the corner and twirled and stiffened his mustache with pomatum. From Wordnik.com. [Ruth Fielding at the War Front or, The Hunt for the Lost Soldier] Reference
One purveyor of cosmetics sold sixteen dark-blue jars of pomatum, which bore the inscription à la jesmin. From Wordnik.com. [The Diary of a Superfluous Man and other stories] Reference
This place is famous for its pomatum, gloves, wash-balls, perfumes, and toilette-boxes, lined with bergamot. From Wordnik.com. [Travels through France and Italy] Reference
It is said to be exported to England for the purpose of mixing with bears 'grease in the manufacture of pomatum. From Wordnik.com. [The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c.] Reference
Grosvenor Square there were no Lares; — no toys, no books, nothing but gold and grandeur, pomatum, powder and pride. From Wordnik.com. [The Way We Live Now] Reference
This circumstance seems to leave no doubt that the ancient Mycenaeans used oil or a sort of pomatum in dressing their hair. From Wordnik.com. [Is the Mask a Hoax?] Reference
The hair of Withers was radiant with pomatum, in these days of down, and he wore kid gloves and smelt of the water of Cologne. From Wordnik.com. [Dombey and Son] Reference
The affected part is wetted night and morning, and when dry is touched with a little simple ointment of any kind -- cold cream or pomatum. From Wordnik.com. [Burroughs' Encyclopaedia of Astounding Facts and Useful Information, 1889] Reference
The acquaintance of the Greeks with the curling-iron and cosmetic mysteries, such as oil and pomatum, can be proved both by written evidence and pictures. From Wordnik.com. [Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life] Reference
As if I'd use pomatum to a gent's 'air or a private's either. From Wordnik.com. [The Queen's Scarlet The Adventures and Misadventures of Sir Richard Frayne] Reference
"It smells lovely," he said, assuming it to be some rare pomatum. From Wordnik.com. [The Fallen Leaves] Reference
Avoid grease, pomatum, bandoline, and all abominations of that kind. From Wordnik.com. [Advice to a Mother on the Management of Her Children] Reference
"Jemimar!" says he, holding out his, and turning as white as pomatum. From Wordnik.com. [Burlesques] Reference
A footman and a groom came next, leaving trails of pomatum in the air. From Wordnik.com. [The Country House] Reference
"What!" said the count, "is it the pomatum the history of which I know?". From Wordnik.com. [The Complete Memoirs of Jacques Casanova] Reference
As for the moustaches, black pomatum kept them to their original colour. From Wordnik.com. [The Free Lances A Romance of the Mexican Valley] Reference
He condemned my elaborate curls, and the exquisite perfume of my pomatum. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of Casanova — Volume 01: Childhood] Reference
"Bring pomatum and all," thus irreverently designating the age-thickened oil. From Wordnik.com. [Historical Tales, Vol. 6 (of 15) The Romance of Reality. French.] Reference
"I thank you with all my heart, ma'am; I took it for pomatum," Rufus answered. From Wordnik.com. [The Fallen Leaves] Reference
Its seeds were formerly mixed with hair powder, and are still used to perfume pomatum. From Wordnik.com. [Catalogue of Economic Plants in the Collection of the U. S. Department of Agriculture] Reference
His fingers sought a pomatum box, and in doing so displaced a toilet-case of red morocco. From Wordnik.com. [The Historical Nights' Entertainment First Series] Reference
His red hair was plastered with pomatum, identical with that which had been used upon his boots. From Wordnik.com. [The Dew of Their Youth] Reference
When we were out, he told me that the cabalistic answer concerning the pomatum was truly wonderful. From Wordnik.com. [The Complete Memoirs of Jacques Casanova] Reference
He had oiled his curly auburn locks with a scented pomatum, and parted them rakishly in the middle. From Wordnik.com. [Reels and Spindles A Story of Mill Life] Reference
His hair was plastered with pomatum close to his head, and he wore a napless high beaver bell-crowned hat. From Wordnik.com. [Perley's Reminiscences, v. 1-2 of Sixty Years in the National Metropolis] Reference
But his idea of decoration goes in the direction of a plaster of "tola" pomatum over his body, and above all a hat. From Wordnik.com. [Travels in West Africa] Reference
And wasn't she patched! and hadn't she powdered her hair, and made it as stiff with pomatum as if it had been starched!. From Wordnik.com. [Out in the Forty-Five Duncan Keith's Vow] Reference
Largess, in the form of odds and ends of cold cream and pomatum, and also of hairpins, was freely distributed among the attendants. From Wordnik.com. [The Mystery of Edwin Drood] Reference
His thick white hair, on which Adolf had bestowed a touch of pomatum, exhaled the fragrance of opoponax and cigars -- the celebrated. From Wordnik.com. [The Forsyte Saga - Complete] Reference
Brosses cured her with that pomatum, and her beautiful face having entirely recovered it original bloom she made her appearance at the. From Wordnik.com. [The Complete Memoirs of Jacques Casanova] Reference
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