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noun

a small, medicinal lozenge for relieving a cough, sore throat, hoarseness, etc.

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Origin of cough drop

First recorded in 1850–55

Words nearby cough drop

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How to use cough drop in a sentence

That gig used to require a bag with sharpies and cough drops.
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During an emergency that ratio could be allowed to drop to 8.5 people per orbit.
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But with the pipeline, transportation costs drop and production would be higher.
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Then, depending on how urgent I think it is to get it, sometimes I have to go back home and drop it off.
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Many times, victims drop out of school, while their alleged attackers graduate.
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A Change.org petition asking A&E to drop the show is already making the rounds online.
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Before he could finish the sentence the Hole-keeper said snappishly, "Well, drop out again—quick!"
Davy and The Goblin|Charles E. Carryl
At a quarter past seven he took his leave and we let drop our anchor where we were, off Cape Tekke.
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Now and then he touched one with his long and sallow fingers, lifted its cover, then let it drop mechanically.
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When the quantity is very small there may be no cough, the sputum reaching the larynx by action of the bronchial cilia.
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In fact, on the palm a small drop of blood showed distinctly against the firm, pink flesh.
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British Dictionary definitions for cough drop

cough drop

noun

a lozenge to relieve a cough

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Medical definitions for cough drop

cough drop

A small, often medicated and sweetened lozenge taken orally to ease coughing or soothe a sore throat.

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