medicine chest
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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"The No. 1 rule at the Poison Center is that if it's available, people will take it, and a lot of people have Tylenol in their medicine chest."
From Science Daily • Jan. 18, 2026
The world’s medicine chest is on fire, and we don’t even know what’s inside it yet.
From New York Times • Oct. 2, 2020
Unable to straighten up for a minute or two, she took small steps toward the medicine chest in her parents’ Florida home in search of an over-the-counter painkiller.
From Washington Post • May 15, 2017
Ross says Sheen didn't reveal his HIV status until after she found his medication in a medicine chest.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 5, 2015
She fumbled for bandages in the medicine chest and bent to unwrap Christopher’s coat.
From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell
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