pow|der-puff

pow|der-puff
a soft puff or pad for applying powder to the skin.
pow|der-puff «POW duhr PUHF», adjective.
Informal. soft; weak; feeble: »

Some critics sneered that he [a boxer] was a powder-puff puncher (Time).


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