sachet
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- noun
- /sæˈʃeɪ/
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sachet
- I put purplery sachets in my underwear drawer.
- a sachet of pure water
Examples
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Here, Mrs. Gentry sent you some sachets.
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And that smell of hers—the coffee, the furniture polish, her sachets, her rosewater, and glycerine.
Fiction book (1991) -
Let me explain why I have all these sachets around the fruit.
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Thought about stitching that on, like, a little lavender sachet?
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I adored an old lady who always smelled of lemon verbena sachet.
Fiction book (2002) -
Sitting so close, I can catch her body scent, like a lingerie drawer spiced by a clove sachet.
Fiction book (1994) -
Her linen closet was stacked in neat squares that smelled of lemon sachet.
Fiction book (1990) -
The room smelled stale, like cigarettes and lilies from the silk sachets in her drawers.
Fiction book (2000) -
"Each drawer had a lavender sachet to keep the clothes smelling fresh."
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"She placed a small sachet filled with dried herbs in her closet to add a pleasant scent."
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Etymology
The word sachet comes from French sachet, a small form of sac meaning 'bag', like the English word sack. So a sachet is a tiny bag, often filled with perfume or dried herbs, used to scent clothes.