antibilious
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of antibilious
Example Sentences
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The scoundrels have nearly demolished two dozen antibilious pills.
From The King's Own by Marryat, Frederick
All who value the health-conserving influence of the absence of financial worry will agree with me that this antibilious stock is about the best.
From James Nasmyth: Engineer; an autobiography by Smiles, Samuel
Or perhaps it would be best to wake him up and give him two antibilious pills.
From The Mystery of Cloomber by Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir
The matter of which it was composed was gas, of such an extraordinary and unimaginable gasiness that millions of cubic miles of it might easily be compressed into a common antibilious pill-box.
From Falling in Love With Other Essays on More Exact Branches of Science by Allen, Grant
The fruit of the Tamarind is certainly antibilious, and by the virtue of its potash salts it tends to heal any sore places within the mouth.
From Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure by Fernie, William Thomas
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