vaseline
Speech parts
1. vaseline - Noun
2. vaseline - Verb
Meaning
A yellowish translucent substance, almost odorless and tasteless, obtained as a residue in the purification of crude petroleum, and consisting essentially of a mixture of several of the higher members of the paraffin series. It is used as an unguent, and for various purposes in the arts. See the Note under Petrolatum.
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The function of government is to provide you with service; the function of the media is to supply the Vaseline.
Well, that glove's fulla vaseline." "Vaseline? What the hell for?" "Well, I tell ya what - Curley says he's keepin' that hand soft for his wife.
My character in 'Fresh Meat' is quite prim and tidy, and then I basically had no make-up for the whole shoot of 'Kidnap and Ransom' - apart from a bit of Vaseline to make me look even sweatier!
My unusual beauty tip is that I often use Vaseline to take my make up off. It works great and is good for sensitive skin.
Deavours and Kruh Several Internet Typex articles say that only Vaseline was used to lubricate Typex machines and that no other lubricant was used.
I have recently swapped face moisturiser from the Clinique brand - “dramatically different moisturising lotion” ($70 for a 200 ml bottle) - for supermarket Vaseline (“intensive repair, deep restore”) lotion ($10 for a 750ml bottle).