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
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
There lies a medicine chest of antioxidants, vitamins, fiber, phytonutrients and minerals.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 21, 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
His hair was pomaded a la Valentino with some Vaseline he’d found in the medicine chest.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
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