paregoric

Its diction has the casual artfulness of pre-distressed denim: the “flan-colored Bentley,” the “drool of freezing rain,” Dad bowlegging around the house like “a gunslinger high on good paregoric.”

She laced each liberally with paregoric.

In the end, it was as much Caroline’s charm as the paregoric that worked.

Finally, a doctor prescribed paregoric, and as long as he had a continuous supply, Poppy found some peace.

Dad saw that Poppy had all the paregoric he wanted.