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cough mixture

British  

noun

  1. any medicine that relieves coughing

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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.

Will Jane remember right Their cough mixture at night?

From The Verse-Book of a Homely Woman by Inchfawn, Fay

My dear," Miss Gallup said confidentially, "Em'ly-Alice has gone to the surgery for my cough mixture and some embrocation, and she takes such a time.

From The Ffolliots of Redmarley by Harker, L. Allen (Lizzie Allen)

Feedin' bottle's to home, and we're out of cough mixture.

From A Man in the Open by Pocock, Roger

With vinegar, squills, or garlic, it forms a good cough mixture.

From The American Reformed Cattle Doctor by Dadd, George