oil of wintergreen
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of oil of wintergreen
First recorded in 1835–45
Example Sentences
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Clay was slicker and sharper and, after surviving a torrid fifth when some oil of wintergreen on Liston’s gloves set his eyes on fire, forced his opponent to quit at the end of the sixth.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 4, 2016
In Yale University's Medical School, two years ago, Biologist Leonell Clarence Strong fed oil of wintergreen to laboratory mice with cancerous tumors of the breast.
From Time Magazine Archive
In New York City last week a longshoreman, 62, went to his medicine cabinet in the dark seeking castor oil, pulled out the wrong bottle and drank 2 oz. of oil of wintergreen.
From Time Magazine Archive
Over everything hovered the athletic aroma of sweat and oil of wintergreen.
From Time Magazine Archive
I gwine up town yonder en get some oil of wintergreen en put on it.
From Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves South Carolina Narratives, Part 1 by Work Projects Administration
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