troche
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Mike’s testosterone troche: In 1964, Packers halfback Paul Hornung had the worst kicking season of all time.
From Slate ● Jan. 13, 2014
Josh’s testosterone troche: A manifesto against gambling manifestos.
From Slate ● Jan. 13, 2014
"Have a troche, Kronborg," he said, producing some.
From The Song of the Lark by Willa Sibert Cather
"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
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
Clysters he prated on; electuaries; troches; the weed that the Gael of him called slanlus or "heal-all;" of unguents loathsomely compounded, but at greatest length and with fullest rapture of his vile phlebotomy.
From Doom Castle by Neil Munro
They are leaves, herbs, roots, barks, seeds, flowers, juices, distilled waters, syrups, juleps, decoctions, oils, electuaries, conserves, preserves, lohocks, ointments, plasters, poultices, troches, and pills.
From Customs and Fashions in Old New England by Alice Morse Earle
Statira brought troches with her, and held them in her mouth for this purpose.
From The Minister's Charge by William Dean Howells
The critics of the last century have disputed whether or not this has been misspelled in the original, and should read "trochies" or "troches."
From Of All Things by Robert C. Benchley
