embrocation
Example Sentences
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The last sentence, applying a little irony to herself as if it were an embrocation, is what we should value most.
From The New Yorker ● Mar. 5, 2017
They're much as usual, except that I had to pay two bob on Wednesday for a bottle of embrocation for Ally.
From A Safety Match by Ian Hay
"You may take your will of him after he has put some embrocation on your bruises," said I; and as I was speaking there came a timorous little knock at the door.
From The O'Ruddy A Romance by C. D. (Charles D.) Williams
He desired nothing but the cold sheets of his bed and a bottle of embrocation.
From Nights in London by Thomas Burke
Tom left his Woolley-legs, brought a bottle of embrocation; a few drops of that on the skin, a bit of sticking-plaster; there, that was all right.
From The Bill-Toppers by J. André Castaigne
