cough mixture

British  

noun

1. any medicine that relieves coughing

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Example Sentences

I gave Algie that cough mixture same as you said, and Malcolm he kept coughing fit to tear his throat to pieces.

From Other People's Business The Romantic Career of the Practical Miss Dale by Smith, Harriet L.

“I say, lads,” cried Frank Willders, “what d’ye say to send along to the doctor for another bottle o’ cough mixture, same as the first?”

From Fighting the Flames by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)

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

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

On another occasion, on going through the advertisements, he found a new one relating to a cough mixture, setting forth its virtues in the most glowing terms.

From An Englishman in Paris Notes and Recollections by Albert D.