astringent
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Astringent, ironic, mockingly antiheroic, the play is a black comedy with the purgative power of tragedy, although Anne Bancroft lacks something of the granitic authority that the central role demands.
From Time Magazine Archive
Astringent leadership is Churchill calling on Britons to "brace ourselves to our duties."
From Time Magazine Archive
Astringent, ironic, mockingly antiheroic, the play is a black comedy with the purgative power of tragedy, but Anne Bancroft lacks the granitic authority that the central role demands.
From Time Magazine Archive
Astringent fomentations; as an infusion of oak-bark, or a slight solution of alum.
From Zoonomia, Vol. II Or, the Laws of Organic Life by Darwin, Erasmus
Astringent enemata to check bleeding and diarrhea, like hot water, ice water, solution of alum or nitrate of silver.
From Mother's Remedies Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers of the United States and Canada by Ritter, Thomas Jefferson
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