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cough mixture

British  

noun

  1. any medicine that relieves coughing

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I've called about the cough mixture I bought.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 150, May 3, 1916 by Seaman, Owen, Sir

“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)

The cough mixture will tend to relieve this condition also.

From The Home Medical Library, Volume I (of VI) by Winslow, Kenelm

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