talcum powder• Beneath my toes, the sand was as fine as talcum powder and the color of vanilla.• The cocaine looked like talcum powder, luminescent in the darkness.• When you walked across the compound, it was like walking across a box of talcum powder.• Annie felt her hand enclosed in a warmcocoon of talcum powder and smooth baby skin.• The room reeked of talcum powder and dry urine.• Not a speck of talcum powder, not a smear of soap, on any surface.• Sprinkle on talcum powder, cornmeal or cornstarch; leave for two days; brush off.• If you don't want to splash out on Dry Shampoo, ordinarytalcum powder will do the same trick.
Origintalcum powder
(1500-1600)Medieval Latintalcum, from talk; → TALC