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powder compact

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powder compact
n
See compact [11]
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Noun1.powder compact - a small cosmetics case with a mirrorpowder compact - a small cosmetics case with a mirror; to be carried in a woman's purse
compact
case - a portable container for carrying several objects; "the musicians left their instrument cases backstage"
Translations
powder compact n → portacipria m inv
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She will be showing powder compacts which she started stocking 12 years ago and now has almost 700 in her home in South Shields.
AMAZING THINGS PEOPLE COLLECT; MUSEUM TO HOST FOLK'S OBJECTS OF DESIRE by Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England)
As early as the 6th century BC, luxury packaging had already become important as a sign of wealth and status: the exhibition includes exquisite mini amphora in moulded glass and alabaster and little bottles shaped like shells for cologne, silver mirrors and powder compacts that are breathtakingly modern.
Looking good, an obsession since antiquity by AFP / AFP Global Edition
This is a French powder compact made of cream celluloid, with a lovers' scene on the lid.
what's it worth? by Daily Post (Liverpool, England)
 
 
 
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