mustard plaster

American  

noun

1. a black mixture of mustard and rubber placed on a cloth and applied to the skin as a counterirritant.

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mustard plaster British  

noun

1. med a mixture of powdered black mustard seeds and an adhesive agent applied to the skin for its relaxing, stimulating, or counterirritant effects

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Etymology

Origin of mustard plaster

First recorded in 1855–60

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Example Sentences

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mustard plaster

For evening, models wore ethereal long silk plissé dresses in soft shades of mustard, plaster, or Dior gray.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 5, 2021

"My first two wives left me of their own accord." he burst out petulantly to Simone one day over a glass of port, "but this one sticks like mustard plaster."

From Time Magazine Archive

And taped over his liver, like a mustard plaster, is a wad of 80,000 yen.

From Time Magazine Archive

Increasing specialization has sent the old?and often romanticized?doctor-patient relationship the way of such medical artifacts as the mustard plaster and the house call.

From Time Magazine Archive

Dr. Leale immediately applies a mustard plaster to every inch of the front of Lincoln’s body, from shoulders down to ankles.

From "Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever" by Bill O'Reilly

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