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[vain] See: IN VAIN, TAKE ONE'S NAME IN VAIN.

[valor] See: DISCRETION IS THE BETTER PART OF VALOR.

[value] See: FACE VALUE.

[vanish into thin air] See: DISAPPEAR INTO THIN AIR.

[vanishing cream] {n.}

A cosmetic cream for the skin that is used chiefly before face powder.

/Mrs. Jones spread vanishing cream on her face before applying her face powder./

[vanity case] {n.}

1. A small case containing face powder, lipstick, and other things and usually carried in a woman's handbag; a compact.

/She took out her vanity case and put lipstick on./

2. A handbag or a small bag carried by a woman and holding ...

[variety show] {n.}

A program that includes several different kinds of entertainment (as songs, dances, comic skits and little dramas).

/Jane's father was the master of ceremonies of a variety show on TV./

[variety store] {n.}

A store that sells many different kinds of things, especially items that are fairly small and in everyday use.

/I went into a variety store and bought some paint./

/Five-and-ten cent stores are a kind of variety store./

[vein] See: FREEZE ONE'S BLOOD or FREEZE THE BLOOD IN ONE'S VEINS, FREEZE ONE'S VEINS.

[verbal diarrhea] {n. phr.}

The inability to keep silent; over-talkativeness.

/Archibald is a nice guy but he's got verbal diarrhea and he can't shut up for a single minute./