paregoric

Example Sentences

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“Only that big? It felt like a house. Look, dear,” said Faye, “open that second drawer where my medicine is. Bring the paregoric and a piece of cotton. Will you help me pack this tooth?”

From Literature

Sometimes she carried them herself in a basket, and she always gave them a few drops of paregoric so they would keep quiet.

From Literature

At 10, she would scrape opium-based paregoric powder from old medicine bottles.

From Washington Times

The administration of alcohol to infants, of gin and whiskey, of essences of peppermint and anise, to relieve colic or induce sleep, and the dosing with opiates like paregoric, are also well-established causes of idiocy.

From Project Gutenberg

"I trust I shall not be paregoric to him," said Pillgrim.

From Project Gutenberg