Spanish fly
Example Sentences
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The Spanish fly is also occasionally found in the south of England.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 2 "Camorra" to "Cape Colony" by Various
I can remember how he laboriously explained to his examiner that the Spanish fly grew in Spain.
From The Man from Archangel and Other Tales of Adventure by Doyle, A. Conan
It quickly induces a sharp burning pain, and it excites a destructive outward inflammation which enters much more into the true skin than that which is caused by an old fashioned blister of Spanish fly.
From Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure by Fernie, William Thomas
As if creation contained any mineral, drug simple, leech, Spanish fly, gadfly, or showerbath, so soothing as a loving wife is to a man in affliction.
From A Terrible Temptation A Story of To-Day by Reade, Charles
Next fierce LIEBRIECH, quite a savage, has declared that we shall die Shattered and exacerbated by attacks of Spanish fly.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 100, March 21, 1891 by Various
