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词组 powder your nose
释义

powder your nose (of a woman) go to the lavatory.

☞ This is an early 20th-century euphemism, which is now rather dated. The term powder room has been used since the 1940s to refer to a ladies' toilet in a hotel, restaurant, or similar public building.

1972L. P. DaviesWhat Did I Do Tomorrow? I'll use your bathroom. To powder my nose, as nice girls say.

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