troche
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Josh’s testosterone troche: A manifesto against gambling manifestos.
From Slate ● Jan. 13, 2014
Mike’s testosterone troche: In 1964, Packers halfback Paul Hornung had the worst kicking season of all time.
From Slate ● Jan. 13, 2014
"A cold and frog-like place, this, for a lady's walk, Miss PENDRAGON," he said, hastily swallowing a bronchial troche to neutralize the damp air admitted in speaking.
From Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 16, July 16, 1870 by Various
"Have a troche, Kronborg," he said, producing some.
From The Song of the Lark by Cather, Willa Sibert
Tab′loid, a small tablet containing a certain definite portion of some drug, a troche or lozenge.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various
After undergoing infusions at a clinic, he said, he transitioned during the pandemic to taking small lozenges called troches at home.
From New York Times ● Feb. 20, 2023
And she offered a beautiful little bonbonnière, saying, "Try these French paste troches, they are delicious."
From A Pasteboard Crown A Story of the New York Stage by Morris, Clara
Statira brought troches with her, and held them in her mouth for this purpose.
From The Minister's Charge by Howells, William Dean
The drug stores are full of troches, lozenges and compounds for speakers and singers.
From Around The Tea-Table by Talmage, T. De Witt (Thomas De Witt)
Hence its use for forming troches, and the like purposes, in preference to the other gums.
From The Botanist's Companion, Volume II by Salisbury, William
