medicine chest
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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"The No. 1 rule at the Poison Center is that if it's available, people will take it, and a lot of people have Tylenol in their medicine chest."
From Science Daily • Jan. 18, 2026
Unable to straighten up for a minute or two, she took small steps toward the medicine chest in her parents’ Florida home in search of an over-the-counter painkiller.
From Washington Post • May 15, 2017
Or, like Propecia and Viagra — age-fighting interventions that men use and rarely take much criticism for — are they simply elements in a modern medicine chest, there for the picking?
From New York Times • Sep. 24, 2016
Ross says Sheen didn't reveal his HIV status until after she found his medication in a medicine chest.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 5, 2015
Half an hour after, Jo went to ‘Mother’s closet’ for something, and there found little Beth sitting on the medicine chest, looking very grave, with red eyes and a camphor bottle in her hand.
From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott
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