cachou

/kəˈʃu/
noun
  1. A small, sweetened pill or lozenge used to freshen the breath.
    • He offered me a cachou from a silver case, a habit he had picked up in Paris.
    • After the garlicky meal, she popped a cachou to sweeten her breath.
    • The old-fashioned candy shop sold cachous in tiny tin boxes.
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