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- noun Plural form of
powdering .
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Examples
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There was no way even faintly to approximate that quality of rain and summer and the first powderings of snow upon a clear pane of glass in the middle of a December night.
The Machineries of Joy Bradbury, Ray, 1920- 1949
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A light snow was announcing itself in little white powderings across overcoat shoulders and in the crevices of derbys.
Star-Dust Fannie Hurst 1928
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A border of sunflowers and pomegranates, with powderings of the same for the centre.
Handbook of Embroidery L. Higgin 1852
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At the risk of sounding like a curmudgeon and fully acknowledging the pitfalls of the expensive cocoon of an opera house, with its long lines at intermission for drinks and nose-powderings, it is nevertheless a special place.
Metro Weekly (Newspaper Magazine of Gay and Lesbian DC) 2008
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