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Cachou

//ˈkæʃuː// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A sweet eaten to sweeten the breath.

    "Dante gave him a cachou every time he brought her a piece of tissue paper."

  2. 2
    a scented lozenge used to sweeten the breath (e.g. to conceal the odor of tobacco) wordnet
  3. 3
    A small metallic ball used as edible decoration on cakes etc.

Etymology

From French cachou, from Portuguese cachu, from Malay kacu (“type of acacia”).

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