emetic
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Nothing here feels cute, quaint or kitsch, though whimsy can fall that way, into a slough of soggy sentimentality sometimes laced with an emetic of twee.
From New York Times • Nov. 20, 2018
In those days, the only available cure was tartar emetic, a compound of antimony that was administered as 12–16 injections given once a week.
From Nature • Nov. 7, 2017
In truth, it is not Milwaukee’s superlative anything—not its worst beer, not even its best emetic.
From Slate • Dec. 27, 2012
But how lovely for the Wyvern's strange aficionados of the Chegwin timbre, all happily immune to its emetic qualities, that he'll be giving his Wishee Washee there.
From The Guardian • Jul. 14, 2012
Fortunately, it proved emetic; and her stomach having rejected all that she had swallowed, she was restored to health, though her recovery was for some time doubtful.
From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer
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