Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A powder used for expelling worms from the intestinal canal or other open cavities of the body.
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Examples
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I had nothing to give the poor creature but a worm-powder, ordering half the quantity, all my medicines being distributed, except those for the eyes.
Travels in the Great Desert of Sahara, in the Years of 1845 and 1846 James Richardson 1828
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(Yet isn't it much more gratifying for a donor to have his picture taken next to a computer than to a jar of worm-powder?) fertilisers in Kenya, or the distribution of sprayed mosquito-nets in Uganda, Madagascar and Kenya - have led Duflo to question the ideas of far more high-profile analysts.
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John_), of the Pestle and Mortar, Abchurch Lane, immortalized by his “worm-powder,” and called the “Worm Doctor.”
Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook, Vol. 3 Ebenezer Cobham Brewer 1853
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John_), of the Pestle and Mortar, Abchurch Lane, immortalized by his “worm-powder,” and called the “Worm Doctor” (died
Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook, Vol. 3 Ebenezer Cobham Brewer 1853
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