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Vaseline   /vˈæsəlˌin/   Listen
Vaseline

noun
(Written also vaselin)
1.
A trademarked brand of petroleum jelly.





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"Vaseline" Quotes from Famous Books



... official city doctor—was preparing in the parlor everything indispensable for an inspection—vaseline, a solution of sublimate, and other things—and was placing them on a separate little table. Here also were arranged for him the white blanks of the girls, replacing their passports, as well as a general alphabetical ...
— Yama (The Pit) • Alexandra Kuprin
... followed by a free application of stearate of zinc powder is often efficient. If it is not, the following salve may be tried: carbolic acid, 10 grains; menthol, 5 grains; resorcin, 15 grains; zinc oxide, 1 dram; and white vaseline, one ounce. In very severe cases the vulva should be painted with a solution of silver nitrate, 25 grains to 1 ounce of ...
— Woman - Her Sex and Love Life • William J. Robinson
... you remember Marguerite at Amiens—oh, and those two little singers at Poperinghe whom I used to call Vaseline and Glycerine? They sang English songs without understanding a word, with the funniest accent in ...
— General Bramble • Andre Maurois


Words linked to "Vaseline" :   trademark, petroleum jelly, mineral jelly, petrolatum


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