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milk of roses

milk of roses noun: a skin cream to improve the complexion, usually made from rosewater, sweet almonds and salt of tartar.

Noun

milk of roses (uncountable)

  1. A skin cream to improve the complexion, usually made from rosewater, sweet almonds and salt of tartar.
    • Fortune, however, to-night seemed resolved on making full amends to a beauty cut short in the first flush of success, and sent to waste two of her prettiest years in the dull seclusion of an old house in the country.
      "What blooming simplicity!" exclaimed Lord Townshend.
      "Positive milk of roses!"...1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, pages 135–136

Questions about milk of roses

What does milk of roses mean?
Milk of roses means a skin cream to improve the complexion, usually made from rosewater, sweet almonds and salt of tartar.
What part of speech is milk of roses?
Milk of roses is a noun.

Words near milk of roses in the dictionary

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  4. milk of lime
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  8. milk pan
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