Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A popular purgative medicine, consisting of an infusion of senna with Epsom salts.
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Examples
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Dr. Sibelius says he finds the black-draught answer very well in such cases.
A Breath of Snow and Ashes Gabaldon, Diana 2005
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Some in their folly take black-draught and blue-pill,
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 14, No. 404, December 12, 1829 Various
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He cut a glorious calomel pill out of pipeclay, and then we concocted a black-draught of salts and bottled stout, with a little patent boot-polish.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, December 25, 1841 Various
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