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!

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Alvina	[æl'vainə]
ÁNgela	AHN-khe-lah	Spanish
Lumusi	-	Western African, Ewe
Walter	WAWL-tər (English), VAHL-ter (German, Polish, Italian)	English, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Polish, Italian, Ancient Germanic
Gilah	-	Hebrew
Jabir	-	Arabic