My dictionary is listing some 100'000 key-words. Altoid is not one of
them.
Some further explanation?
That's amazing! never, never prior to this praised day, so many people have
replied to a mail of mine! thank you - especially to m'lore. In fact, now i
remember! my mother's second husband used
non-colonialised equivalent of cachou 'negro spiritual' (marque déposée) -
altoids (marque déposée) : little pastilles that help alto from
singing russian bass - as opposed to alto horn
come/came in smallish rectangular metal boxes (whereas fisherman's
friend now come in paper packet)
cachou
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