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eau de Cologne

[ oh duh kuh-lohn ]

/ ˌoʊ də kəˈloʊn /

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noun

cologne.

Origin of eau de Cologne

First recorded in 1795–1805

Example sentences from the Web for eau de cologne

He got them some eau-de-cologne, though they had plenty in their traveling-case.

Lippincott's Magazine. Vol. XII, No. 33. December, 1873. |Various
And also he could put some of that eau-de-Cologne on his face and hands.

Somehow Good |William de Morgan
Third, you must sprinkle some eau-de-cologne on the bed, to deceive the lower orders.

Mr. Prohack |E. Arnold Bennett
The room reeked faintly of the eau-de-Cologne she was spraying.

The Forsyte Saga, Complete |John Galsworthy

The esplanade is being washed with eau-de-Cologne, and a' the magistrates is up at Rankine's barber shop gettin' a dry shampoo.'

Erchie |(AKA Hugh Foulis) Neil Munro

British Dictionary definitions for eau de cologne

eau de Cologne

/ (əʊ də kəˈləʊn) /

noun

See cologne

Word Origin for eau de Cologne

French, literally: water of Cologne