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- noun Plural form of
sarsaparilla .
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Examples
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Family fun enjoying hayrides, guzzling down sarsaparillas and experiencing shoot-outs in the studio where over 300 old Westerns and TV productions have been filmed.
Natalie Pace: Following Prince Harry To The American Southwest Natalie Pace 2011
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“Bring us two more sarsaparillas and a cup of coffee.”
Archive 2005-11-01 Holly 2005
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“Bring us two more sarsaparillas and a cup of coffee.”
scenes from a saloon Holly 2005
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It is worthy of note that this intermediate group of the sarsaparillas should contain saponin.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 623, December 10, 1887 Various
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One by one Mr. Adams tells about these medical fakes: habit-forming laxatives, head-ache powders full of acetanilid, soothing-syrups and catarrh-cures full of opium and cocaine, cock-tails subtly disguised as "bitters", "sarsaparillas", and "tonics".
The Profits of Religion, Fifth Edition Upton Sinclair 1923
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One by one Mr. Adams tells about these medical fakes: habit-forming laxatives, head-ache powders full of acetanilid, soothing-syrups and catarrh-cures full of opium and cocaine, cock-tails subtly disguised as "bitters", "sarsaparillas", and "tonics".
The Profits of Religion: An Essay in Economic Interpretation 1918
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Other dissipated couples at nearby tables were indulgin 'in canapes of caviar and frosted sarsaparillas.
Torchy As A Pa Sewell Ford 1907
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Such good prices have been paid by manufacturers that they have been able to obtain the best writers, and the books distributed by various salves, sarsaparillas, meat choppers, baking powders, etc., contain many valuable recipes and suggestions.
The Writer, Volume VI, April 1892. A Monthly Magazine to Interest and Help All Literary Workers Various 1904
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Some of the flowering plants, also, the sarsaparillas and May-stars, with their finely-cut leaves, are frequently of a soft, clear straw-color.
Rural Hours 1887
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I had taken every kind of medicine that was recommended for similar maladies, such as cod liver oil, sarsaparillas, iron tonic and syrup of hypophosphites, without any relief.
The People's Common Sense Medical Adviser in Plain English or, Medicine Simplified, 54th ed., One Million, Six Hundred and Fifty Thousand Ray Vaughn Pierce 1877
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