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sachet powder

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sa⋅chet

[sa-shey or, especially Brit., sash-ey]
–noun
1. a small bag, case, or pad containing perfuming powder or the like, placed among handkerchiefs, lingerie, etc., to impart a pleasant scent.
2. Also, sachet powder. the powder contained in such a case.

Origin:
1475–85; < MF, equiv. to sach- (comb. form of sac sack 1 ) + -et -et
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Word Origin & History

sachet 
"small perfumed bag," 1838, from Fr. sachet (12c.), dim. of sac (see sac). A reborrowing of a word that had been used 15c. in the sense "small bag, wallet."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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