hoarhound
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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While our spit swam over hoarhound or peppermint, we’d hear the floorboards creak in the closet, then a silence, then a big “H-rumph!” and a big satisfied “Ah-h-h-h!”
From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns
Cure for Fever Sores.—Take of hoarhound, balm, sarsaparilla, loaf sugar, aloes, gum camphor, honey, spikenard, spirits of turpentine, each two ounces.
From Burroughs' Encyclopaedia of Astounding Facts and Useful Information, 1889 by Burroughs, Barkham
There's catnip and hoarhound and horsemint and pennyroy'l, and pretty soon there'll be wild life-everlastin'.
From The Land of Long Ago by Hall, Eliza Calvert
"Brother, you know he only called to get some of my hoarhound for Mehitable's cough."
From The Pearl of Orr's Island A Story of the Coast of Maine by Stowe, Harriet Beecher
At the same time, drink hot teas, like hoarhound, ginger, lemonade, etc.
From Mother's Remedies Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers of the United States and Canada by Ritter, Thomas Jefferson
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