sympathetic ink
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of sympathetic ink
First recorded in 1715–25
Example Sentences
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It appears that there is much correspondence with sympathetic ink at Zossen.
From The Better Germany in War Time Being some Facts towards Fellowship by Harold W. (Harold Williams) Picton
You've heard what I confess: I don't unsay A single word: I cheated when I could, Rapped with my toe-joints, set sham hands at work, Wrote down names weak in sympathetic ink.
From Robert Browning by G. K. (Gilbert Keith) Chesterton
But the American captain was in no way daunted, and the next day wrote in sympathetic ink to Preble, telling him to keep up his fire, for the Tripolitans were greatly harassed by it.
From The Naval History of the United States Volume 1 by Willis J. (Willis John) Abbot
Your highness," returned the courier, "the dispatches are secret, and written with sympathetic ink.
From Prince Eugene and His Times by L. (Luise) Mühlbach
They seemed to bring out like acid on sympathetic ink the miracle of a Mr. Hyde where his comrades had known only a Doctor Jekyll.
From The Law of Hemlock Mountain by Hugh Lundsford
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