troche
Americannoun
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troches
plural
noun
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Etymology
Origin of troche
1590–1600; back formation from troches, earlier tro ( s ) chies, late Middle English trocis (taken as plural) < Middle French trocisse < Latin trochiscus < Greek trochískos, equivalent to troch ( ós ) wheel (akin to tréchein to run) + -iskos diminutive suffix
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Mike’s testosterone troche: In 1964, Packers halfback Paul Hornung had the worst kicking season of all time.
From Slate ● Jan. 13, 2014
Josh’s testosterone troche: A manifesto against gambling manifestos.
From Slate ● Jan. 13, 2014
Tab′loid, a small tablet containing a certain definite portion of some drug, a troche or lozenge.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various
"Have a troche, Kronborg," he said, producing some.
From The Song of the Lark by Willa Sibert Cather
"A cold and frog-like place, this, for a lady's walk, Miss PENDRAGON," he said, hastily swallowing a bronchial troche to neutralize the damp air admitted in speaking.
From Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 16, July 16, 1870 by Various
After undergoing infusions at a clinic, he said, he transitioned during the pandemic to taking small lozenges called troches at home.
From New York Times ● Feb. 20, 2023
Hence its use for forming troches, and the like purposes, in preference to the other gums.
From The Botanist's Companion, Volume II by William Salisbury
The drug stores are full of troches, lozenges and compounds for speakers and singers.
From Around The Tea-Table by T. De Witt (Thomas De Witt) Talmage
Clysters he prated on; electuaries; troches; the weed that the Gael of him called slanlus or "heal-all;" of unguents loathsomely compounded, but at greatest length and with fullest rapture of his vile phlebotomy.
From Doom Castle by Neil Munro
Statira brought troches with her, and held them in her mouth for this purpose.
From The Minister's Charge by William Dean Howells
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