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cachou

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ca⋅chou

  [kuh-shoo, ka-, kash-oo]
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–noun
1. catechu.
2. a pill or lozenge for sweetening the breath.
Origin:
1700–10; < F < Pg cachu < Malay; see catechu
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ca·chou   (kā-shōō', kāsh'ōō)   
n.  A pastille used to sweeten the breath.

[French, from Portuguese cachu, from Malayalam kāccu, from Tamil kāyccu.]
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