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troche

[troh-kee] / ˈtroʊ ki /
NOUN
capsule
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NOUN
lozenge
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Mike’s testosterone troche: In 1964, Packers halfback Paul Hornung had the worst kicking season of all time.

From Slate Jan. 13, 2014

Josh’s testosterone troche: A manifesto against gambling manifestos.

From Slate Jan. 13, 2014

Tab′loid, a small tablet containing a certain definite portion of some drug, a troche or lozenge.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various

"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

"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

And she offered a beautiful little bonbonnière, saying, "Try these French paste troches, they are delicious."

From A Pasteboard Crown A Story of the New York Stage by Clara Morris

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

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




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