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Sen-Sen

Sen-Sen noun: a brand of breath freshener (discontinued in 2013) containing liquorice, often used to disguise the use of alcohol or tobacco.

Noun

Sen-Sen (uncountable)

  1. A brand of breath freshener (discontinued in 2013) containing liquorice, often used to disguise the use of alcohol or tobacco.
    • She was overdressed, but not badly dressed […]; she carried a black satin bag and chewed Sen-sens.1915, W. Somerset Maugham, chapter 103, in Of Human Bondage
    • The sen-sen was to let on to the other boys and the pullet-sized girls that he had a liquor breath to cover.1937, Zora Neale Hurston, Their Eyes Were Watching God, Amistad, published 2013, page 92

Forms of Sen-Sen

alternative formsensen
alternative formsen-sen

Origin of Sen-Sen

Proprietary name in the US; apparently an arbitrary creation.

Questions about Sen-Sen

What does Sen-Sen mean?
Sen-Sen means a brand of breath freshener (discontinued in 2013) containing liquorice, often used to disguise the use of alcohol or tobacco.
What part of speech is Sen-Sen?
Sen-Sen is a noun.

Words near Sen-Sen in the dictionary

  1. semé-de-lys
  2. semée
  3. seméed
  4. sen
  5. sen high
  6. Sen-Sen
  7. sen.
  8. SENA
  9. senachie
  10. senachies
  11. senachy

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