peppermint

• I smell bubblegum, peppermint, and something faintly sour. —  F ;SF - vol 105 issue 02 - August 2003
• She was far from appearing shy or awkward in the presence of strangers, nodding brightly to Octavius, who sat nearest the door, and smiling captivatingly upon Joel Quimber, whereupon he felt immediately in his pockets for a peppermint which, to his disappointment, was not there The Colonel sprang to his feet when the guests entered, and quickly doffed his felt hat which was balancing in a seemingly untenable position on the side of his head. —  Flamsted quarries
• Fortunately the variety was a quick-maturing kind and the crop, for such it became, was harvested before any damage was done the slow-appearing seedlings, whose positions the radishes were intended to indicate CUTTINGS Illustration: Glass-Covered Propagating Box No herbs are so easy to propagate by means of cuttings as spearmint, peppermint, and their relatives which have underground stems. —  Culinary Herbs: Their Cultivation Harvesting Curing and Uses
• Margot took the peppermint, and sucked it with frank enjoyment the while she sat by the tarn reading her letters. —  Big Game A Story for Girls
• Usually drugs such as peppermint spirits, oil of eucalyptus, or tincture of benzoin, in dose of a teaspoonful to the hot water contained in the receptacle, is enough. —  Scouting For Girls, Official Handbook of the Girl Scouts

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