‖ cachou
(kaʃu)
Also 8 cashou.
[Fr.]
1. = catechu.
| 1708 Motteux Rabelais v. viii, Store of Mirabolans, Cashou, Green Ginger preserv'd. 1750 Beawes Lex Mercat. (1752) 787 Cardamome, Long Pepper, Cachou, etc. |
2. A sweetmeat, generally in the form of a pill, made of cashew-nut, extract of liquorice, etc., used by tobacco-smokers to sweeten the breath.
| 1880 in Webster Suppl. 1895 Montgomery Ward Catal. 261/2 Aromatic cachou lozenges for perfuming the breath. 1898 Army & Navy Co-op. Soc. Price List, Cachous, Atkinson's White Rose, Violet, Heliotrope, Citron..per box o/8. 1909 Daily Chron. 23 Feb. 5/6 The tabloids might easily be taken for ‘cachous’. 1922 Glasgow Herald 3 Apr. 4 He carried a little round, flat gilt box of Prince Albert cachous. |