• Yozul@beehaw.org
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      1 year ago

      No. It means reapplying makeup. I guess facial powders aren’t as popular as they used to be, but that is where the saying came from.

    • lyam23@lemmy.world
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      I’m pretty sure it originated in the mid twentieth century and referred to touching up makeup.