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epsom salt

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epsom salt [′ep·səm ‚sȯlt]
(mineralogy)
epsomite


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Sour, starchy individuals, who all the rest of the day go about looking as if they lived on vinegar and Epsom salts, break out into wreathed smiles after dinner, and exhibit a tendency to pat small children on the head and to talk to them--vaguely--about sixpences.
Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow by Jerome, Jerome K. View in context
He is a very nice boy, my Lord, but he is not acquainted with drugs; and I know that the prevailing impression on his mind is, that Epsom salts means oxalic acid; and syrup of senna, laudanum.
The Posthumous Papers Of The Pickwick Club by Dickens, Charles View in context
 
 
 
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