camphire
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Aunt Plumy produced the "camphire" the moment she saw Sophie's pale face, and made her lie down, while the brave old lady trudged briskly off with bandages and brandy to the scene of action.
From Kitty's Class Day and Other Stories by Alcott, Louisa May
I wish she'd smelt of the camphire, as I wanted her to do.
From Maggie Miller by Holmes, Mary Jane
Strangers to the name and properties of that odoriferous gum, the Saracens, mistaking it for salt, mingled the camphire in their bread, and were astonished at the bitterness of the taste.
From History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 5 by Milman, Henry Hart
You may be sure, little lady, it will be as I said; they'll cure me full as quick as camphire.
From Little Folks Astray by May, Sophie
"A Saxon heiress of large possessions," replied the Prior Aymer; "a rose of loveliness, and a jewel of wealth; the fairest among a thousand, a bundle of myrrh, and a cluster of camphire."
From Ivanhoe by Scott, Walter, Sir
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