cough mixture
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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The steward’s cough mixture was the only medicine I got that day.
From The Bonadventure A Random Journal of an Atlantic Holiday by Blunden, Edmund
With vinegar, squills, or garlic, it forms a good cough mixture.
From The American Reformed Cattle Doctor by Dadd, George
Perhaps it is that McCarthy has labelled the cough mixture as the eye-wash, or sent an empty pillbox with an exhortation to take one every four hours.
From The Stark Munro Letters by Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir
You have sat here day after day in this heavy close air, reeking of lavender, tobacco, and cough mixture, while I have felt the storm breaking about my head.
From Magda A Play in Four Acts by Sudermann, Hermann
Feedin' bottle's to home, and we're out of cough mixture.
From A Man in the Open by Pocock, Roger
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