Indian physic
AmericanEtymology
Origin of Indian physic
An Americanism dating back to 1730–40
Example Sentences
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This plant—I'm taking the whole thing, root and stem, to show him how it grows—is the genuine Indian physic; I got it right by a big rotten log in Putnam's woods.
From A Dream of Empire Or, The House of Blennerhassett by Venable, William Henry
Blennerhassett was convoyed to the depths of the island forest, where the strangely assorted pair conversed intimately on the virtues of pleurisy-root, Indian physic and columbo.
From A Dream of Empire Or, The House of Blennerhassett by Venable, William Henry
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