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pastille

noun as in cough drop

noun as in lozenge

Strong matches

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Example Sentences

(from his bed, suspiciously, to Culchard, who is setting fire to a small pastille in a soap-dish).

The pastille fizzes, and begins to emit a dense white smoke, and a suffocating odour.

Those mosquitoes have paid you out for that pastille—by Jove, they have!

The pastille produced its effect; the poet felt a sudden inspiration, left the hall and flew to compose the projected satire.

There was, even on the little stone staircase, a faint odour of pastille or scent spray, or something of feminine suggestion.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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