camphire
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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I wish she'd smelt of the camphire, as I wanted her to do.
From Maggie Miller by Holmes, Mary Jane
If the child had weighed the camphire, both before and after its solution, he would have found the result nearly the same.
From Practical Education, Volume II by Edgeworth, Maria
The fire sent a trembling glow through the room of a hut on a Voshti hill, and the smell of burning fir and camphire wood filtered through the air with a sleepy sweetness.
From Parables of a Province by Parker, Gilbert
Liddy, get out the camphire, and Melissy, you haul down a bed to lay her on.
From St. Nicholas Magazine for Boys and Girls, Vol. 5, Nov 1877-Nov 1878 Scribner's Illustrated by Dodge, Mary Mapes
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
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