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
It is an ingredient in the pectoral syrup, pectoral troches, the compound lime waters, decoction of the woods, compound powder of gum tragacanth, lenitive electuary, and theriaca.
From The Botanist's Companion, Volume II by William Salisbury
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
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
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