plaister
Americannoun
noun
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Anna, as I had come to name her to myself, had recovered from the shock of the previous evening, and looked charming even with a cross of plaister on her brow.
From The MS. in a Red Box by John Arthur Hamilton
And seeing that Leonard Fairfield would offer no plaister to Randal Leslie, they made amends for his stinginess by their own prodigality.
From The International Monthly, Volume 2, No. 4, March, 1851 by Various
And then the first verses of the first chapter of James fairly laid a plaister on the wounds of her heart.
From A Letter of Credit by Susan Warner
Lint assists, but when Nature has formed a plaister over a wound it should not be interfered with or washed; leave it to come off of itself.
From Hints on Horsemanship, to a Nephew and Niece or, Common Sense and Common Errors in Common Riding by George Greenwood
It does not say what is done with the money, but it probably goes towards purchasing a plaister for wounded dignity.
From Punch - Volume 25 (Jul-Dec 1853) by Various
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