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/frɛntʃ tʃɑk/ Listen

French chalk

noun

A soft white compact talc used to mark cloth or to remove grease stains.

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"French chalk" Quotes from Famous Books

... a face white with misery—that is to say, if he has remembered to put the French chalk in the palms of his hands). Henry, I am too late! ...

— Happy Days • Alan Alexander Milne

... with misery—that is to say, if he has remembered to put the French chalk in the palms of his hands). Henry, I am too late! She ...

— Happy Days • Alan Alexander Milne

... stretched forlornly on the rear seat of the car, set forth up the Valley on the forty-mile run to Beauville. On the tonneau floor, in front of Lad, rested a battered suitcase, which held his toilet appurtenances;—brushes, comb, talcum, French chalk, show-leash, sponge, crash towel, squeaking rubber doll (this to attract his bored interest in the ring and make him "show") and a box of liver cut in small ...

— Further Adventures of Lad • Albert Payson Terhune