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black draughts

black draughts is the plural of black draught.

Meaning of black draught

Noun

black draught (plural black draughts)

  1. (archaic, historical) A cathartic medicine composed of senna and magnesia.
    • He was taken ill in the night—quite prostrate he was—in consequence of Crab; and after being drugged with black draughts and blue pills, to an extent which Demple (whose father was a doctor) said was enough to undermine a horse's constitution, received a caning and six chapters of Greek Testament...1850, Charles Dickens, chapter 7, in David Copperfield

Questions about black draughts

What is black draughts the plural of?
Black draughts is the plural of black draught.

Words near black draughts in the dictionary

  1. black doses
  2. black dot
  3. black dragon
  4. black dragons
  5. black draught
  6. black draughts
  7. Black Drin
  8. black drink
  9. black drinks
  10. black drongo
  11. black drongos

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