sleeping draught
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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He left a sleeping draught, but Theon poured it down the privy shaft the moment he was gone.
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
He said his master was in the habit of taking a sleeping draught when travelling by train.
From "Murder on the Orient Express" by Agatha Christie
“I give you my word of honour that last night Helena never left her compartment. She took a sleeping draught exactly as I said. She is utterly and entirely innocent.”
From "Murder on the Orient Express" by Agatha Christie
However, everything has its compensation, and when day came at last, and the sparrows awoke with trills and carol-ets, the dawn seemed to fall on me like a sleeping draught.
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 23 (of 25) by Robert Louis Stevenson
Give me a sleeping draught, a drop of forgetfulness.
From On the Heights A Novel by Berthold Auerbach
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