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horehound

[hawr-hound, hohr-] / ˈhɔrˌhaʊnd, ˈhoʊr- /


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Rowdy followed me and watched while I filled the sack with gumdrops, jawbreakers, peppermint sticks, and horehound candy.

From Literature

Lisa and Rob Maxwell stock old-fashioned lemon and horehound drops, licorice, penny candy, and their own homemade fudge at Little City Candy Co.

From Seattle Times

He cared for the dying with medical attention, horehound candy and rice pudding, soothing caresses, and poetry.

From The New Yorker

The lake was layered with sweet flag, sedge, lilies, horehound, bulrush and buckbean.

From New York Times

Christmas on the farm usually meant a few pairs of bib coveralls along with some horehound candy and fruit under the tree.

From Washington Times