Cachou
catechu.
a pill or lozenge for sweetening the breath.
Historical Examples
Cooley’s Cyclopdia of Practical Receipts and Collateral Information in the Arts, Manufactures, Professions, and Trades…, Sixth Edition, Volume I Arnold Cooley
Journal of an Expedition into the Interior of Tropical Australia Thomas Mitchell
noun
a lozenge eaten to sweeten the breath
another name for catechu
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