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- noun Plural form of
nostrum .
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Examples
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Among her nostrums was a bottle of "Jordan Water," which she sold at the modest figure of £15 15s. a flask.
The Magnificent Montez From Courtesan to Convert Horace Wyndham
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A visitor to Boston noted in 1872 that there was “hardly a newspaper that does not contain their open and printed advertisements, or a drug store whose shelves are not crowded with nostrums publicly and unblushingly displayed.”
A Renegade History of the United States Thaddeus Russell 2010
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If the bottle-feeding, dishwashing dad were not, in many places, considered a terrifically good look, Mr Cameron would not have cultivated it from the very beginning, with those cute breakfast scenes on Webcameron, where his political nostrums would be interrupted – cue wry parent face – by cries of: "Daddy."
Surely Dave and Nick have got better things to do? | Catherine Bennett 2011
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They are steeped in unexamined nostrums, whether about American's special, sanctified role in history, or the absolute authority of laissez-faire economics.
Van Gosse: A Modest Proposal (to Help Fix American Education) Van Gosse 2011
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Plus, I have to listen to professors wishing away the political problem while propounding their Keynesian nostrums.
What Merkel Is Thinking Jr. Holman W. Jenkins 2011
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Barack Obama appeared a little miffed on the front of Paris-Match, as though he were being forced to explain -- again -- to a clueless Republican House of Representatives that resolving the U.S.'s economic difficulties is more than just a matter of murmuring pious Tea Party nostrums.
Terence Clarke: Restaurant Review: Cafe de La Presse, San Francisco Terence Clarke 2011
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They are steeped in unexamined nostrums, whether about American's special, sanctified role in history, or the absolute authority of laissez-faire economics.
Van Gosse: A Modest Proposal (to Help Fix American Education) Van Gosse 2011
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They are steeped in unexamined nostrums, whether about American's special, sanctified role in history, or the absolute authority of laissez-faire economics.
Van Gosse: A Modest Proposal (to Help Fix American Education) Van Gosse 2011
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They are steeped in unexamined nostrums, whether about American's special, sanctified role in history, or the absolute authority of laissez-faire economics.
Van Gosse: A Modest Proposal (to Help Fix American Education) Van Gosse 2011
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To a certain extent, we all shrug off the nostrums and mind-set of the older generation.
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