powder-puff

[ pou-der-puhf ]

/ ˈpaʊ dərˌpʌf /

limited to participation by women or girls: She plays on the powder-puff touch football team.

inconsequential; trifling; lightweight: a powder-puff company with little financing and a weak sales effort.

Origin of powder-puff

First recorded in 1935–40

powder puff

a soft, feathery ball or pad, as of cotton or down, for applying powder to the skin.

First recorded in 1695–1705

Instead of NFL football, I was treated to an evening of powder-puff.

Romney Sails Through New Hampshire Debate | |January 8, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
Lizzie laid down the powder-puff she was using and bent lower over the rambling speaker.

The Cottage of Delight |Will N. Harben
“The place stinks like a den of skunks,” Mrs. Davis observed, pausing from dabbing the end of her nose with a powder-puff.

Michael, Brother of Jerry |Jack London
By the time she reached Charing Cross she was in desperate need of that powder-puff Bertie had urged her to possess.

Joanna Godden |Sheila Kaye-Smith

A—you don't happen to have a small bag to hold a powder-puff, and so on, you know?

Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 108, February 23, 1895 |Various
A week ago she flourished the powder-puff regardless of expense; and regardless of noise.

Punch - Volume 25 (Jul-Dec 1853) |Various

powder puff

a soft pad or ball of fluffy material used for applying cosmetic powder to the skin