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"The first recorded English name for the make-up we now call blusher was paint, in 1660. In the 1700s a new word, rouge, displaced paint, and remained in standard usage for around two centuries. Then, in 1965, an advertisement coined a new word for the product: blusher. Each generation speaks a...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Trask, R. L. (Robert Lawrence), 1944-2004
Other Authors: Millar, Robert McColl, 1966-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2010.
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