Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having the quality of promoting expectoration.
- noun An expectorant.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- Same as
expectorant .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Alternative form of
expectorant . - noun Alternative form of
expectorant .
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Examples
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Ionic columns of the portico and walked to the box, remained for a moment in serious and expectorative contemplation of the boot, and then returned to his column.
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A third spectator wearily disengaged himself from one of the Ionic columns of the portico and walked to the box, remained for a moment in serious and expectorative contemplation of the boot, and then returned to his column.
Selected Stories of Bret Harte Bret Harte 1869
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A third spectator wearily disengaged himself from one of the Ionic columns of the portico and walked to the box, remained for a moment in serious and expectorative contemplation of the boot, and then returned to his column.
The Luck of Roaring Camp and Other Tales With Condensed Novels, Spanish and American Legends, and Earlier Papers Bret Harte 1869
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