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sleeping draught

noun

  1. any drink containing a drug or agent that induces sleep
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Example Sentences

He very kindly made me up a sleeping draught, which he gave to me, telling me that it would do me no harm, as it was very mild....

He picked up the paper with the sleeping draught in it.

But there was no sign of sleeping draughts or tablets.

“My wife always takes a sleeping draught when travelling by train. She took her usual dose of trional.”

“You are weary with grief, my lord. Let me fix you a sleeping draught.”

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