toilet vinegar

English

Noun

toilet vinegar (countable and uncountable, plural toilet vinegars)

  1. (archaic) A moisturizer made with vinegar, for one's toilet (personal care; grooming).
    Hypernyms: toiletry; moisturizer; vinegar
    • 1886, Anna Bonus Kingsford, Health, Beauty and the Toilet: Letters to Ladies from a Lady Doctor:
      Ablutions with toilet vinegar, friction with flesh gloves, electric brushes, and local steaming are all good methods of treating seborrhea. Of vinegars, I recommend as the best I know the vinaigre de toilette of the "Société Hygienique."
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