"Talcum" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... black cat doesn't cover himself with talcum powder and make believe he's a white kid glove going to a dance, I'll tell you next about ...
— Uncle Wiggily in the Woods • Howard R. Garis
... bath-room, I almost fell into a porcelain bath set in flush with the floor. A huge basin full of hot water stood ready under the nickelled faucets. Soaps of many colours lay at hand. Nail-scrubbers, manicuring tools, towels, sponges, creams, talcum powders, dentifrices, hair-lotions, blue bottles (with vermilion labels marked poison), green bottles marked ammonia, bottles with bulbs and sprays, cases of razors, festoons of strops—all these stood or lay on shelves at my elbow as I proceeded ...
— Aliens • William McFee |
