physicking
- present participle of physic.
Example Sentences
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I have here a word or two to say to a mother who is always physicking her family.
From Advice to a Mother on the Management of Her Children by Chavasse, Pye Henry
I told him I was going physicking, that the camps were down with fever, and the spread of it might seriously interfere with Dave's work.
From The Trail of the Axe A Story of Red Sand Valley by Cullum, Ridgwell
At the date to which I am referring, some forty years ago, there was a great taste in many private families for immoderate physicking.
From The Gentleman Cadet His Career and Adventures at the Royal Military Academy Woolwich by Drayson, A.W.
Neuropaths invariably contract the habit of physicking themselves, and taking patent foods and drugs which are valueless.
From Epilepsy, Hysteria, and Neurasthenia Their Causes, Symptoms, & Treatment by Briggs, Isaac George
Besides, the dog was a good creature, and deserved a good physicking; he did indeed.
From The Moonstone by Collins, Wilkie
