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
Local anesthesia is unnecessary as well as dangerous in children; and its application is likely to dislodge the foreign body unless used as a troche.
From Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery by Chevalier Jackson
"Have a troche, Kronborg," he said, producing some.
From The Song of the Lark by Willa Sibert Cather
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
Statira brought troches with her, and held them in her mouth for this purpose.
From The Minister's Charge by William Dean Howells
Medicines are directed to be administered internally in the form of decoctions, infusions, injections, pills, tablets, troches, capsules, powders, potions and inhalations; and externally, as lotions, ointments, plasters, etc.
From Education: How Old The New by James J. Walsh
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
She was in and out of her room on the instant, with a box of troches, one of which she held out to her father.
From The Moving Picture Girls First Appearances in Photo Dramas by Laura Lee Hope
