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powder one’s nose

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powder one’s nose

1. and powder one’s face tv. to depart to the bathroom. (Usually said by women, or jocularly by men.) She just went out to powder her face.

2. tv. to use cocaine. John is in the bedroom powdering his nose. What a habit!

See also: nose, powder