pompous

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That young Republican, M. Bourget, sincerely loves a blason, a pedigree, diamonds, lace, silver dressing cases, silver baths, essences, pomatums, le grand luxe. 

From Essays in Little by Lang, Andrew

They sent me pomatums to recover my complexion, and to fill up the hollows of the smallpox.

From The Autobiography of Madame Guyon by Guyon, Jeanne Marie Bouvier de la Motte

Wherever pomatums are most in demand That route has my vote, be it water or land: Wherever I travel, through sun-shine or glooms, May fortune direct me to powders and plumes!—

From The Poems of Philip Freneau, Volume II (of III) by Freneau, Philip

From its rapid oxidation, it should not be used for perfuming grease, as it assists rather than otherwise all fats to turn rancid; hence pomatums so perfumed will not keep well.

From The Art of Perfumery And Methods of Obtaining the Odors of Plants by Piesse, George William Septimus

In all the cheap preparations for the hair, the manufacturing perfumers used the washed French pomatums and the washed French oils for making their greases.

From The Art of Perfumery And Methods of Obtaining the Odors of Plants by Piesse, George William Septimus