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Then, just as that plot ran smack into the wall of under-development, gears shifted once again and we were thrown into a "very special" Glee about the ills of drunk dialing, cough-syrup cocktails and Ke$ha that prompted Will to swear off beer and goad the choir into signing no-drinking contracts — because really, the sweet alluring nectar of wine coolers is nothing compared to helping your teacher kick his four-day-old drinking problem.
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I think it's safe to say that Shoichi Nakagawa's resignation today is the first time a government minister's resigned for what are - officially - cough-syrup related reasons.
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I think she did a great job of it without going down the cliché cherry cough-syrup road usual whenever anyone mentions cherry blossoms
Ayala Moriel Hanami Marina Geigert 2009
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Poison toothpaste, killer cough-syrup, and tainted pet food are the tip of the disgusting iceberg of yuck heading our way from China.
Chinese Poison Train Declared Unstoppable: Next Stop, You! - The Consumerist 2007
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Poison toothpaste, killer cough-syrup, and tainted pet food are the tip of the disgusting iceberg of yuck heading our way from China.
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"Poison toothpaste, killer cough-syrup, and tainted pet food are the tip of the disgusting iceberg of yuck heading our way from China."
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Pour cherry flavoured cough-syrup from the top of her breasts to the bottom of her stomache.
dig-vorvy Diary Entry dig-vorvy 2004
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Back at his desk, MacNeice took out Poole's bottle and opened the drawer where he kept his cough-syrup spoon.
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Back at his desk, MacNeice took out Poole's bottle and opened the drawer where he kept his cough-syrup spoon.
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What with Larry drinking pints of cough-syrup, and Micky rolling in the gutter in his best suit, and Norah, the creature, letting the crockery fly about as if it was alive, and Hilary insisting on the table cloth being cleaner than it ever is, and the boarders having to have food they can eat, and now
The Lee Shore Rose Macaulay 1919
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