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camphor ball

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camphor ball
n
another name for mothball [1]
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Noun1.camphor ball - a small sphere of camphor or naphthalene used to keep moths away from stored clothing
mothball
globe, orb, ball - an object with a spherical shape; "a ball of fire"
camphor - a resin obtained from the camphor tree; used in making celluloid and liniment
naphthalene - a white crystalline strong-smelling hydrocarbon made from coal tar or petroleum and used in organic synthesis and as a fumigant in mothballs
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Remove from heat and add two to three camphor balls.
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Awaiting her late arrival at his home as his dinner-guest, he informed the assembled august company that when she did arrive she would 'smell of camphor balls and be wearing an old lace curtain from some Notting Hill lodging-house.
Osbert Sitwell by Whittington-Egan, Richard / Contemporary Review
 
 
 
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