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mustard plaster
noun
- a black mixture of mustard and rubber placed on a cloth and applied to the skin as a counterirritant.
mustard plaster
noun
- med a mixture of powdered black mustard seeds and an adhesive agent applied to the skin for its relaxing, stimulating, or counterirritant effects
Word History and Origins
Origin of mustard plaster1
Example Sentences
She didn’t seek treatment, because “me and hospitals just don’t agree,” but made an old-fashioned mustard plaster the way her grandmother taught her and wore it on her chest for two days.
She grabbed for the nearest piece of cloth to shoo them away and her heart froze with terror as she connected her daughter's evening baths with the mustard plasters that rolled onto the floor.
Those with rheumy lungs favored her simple but pungent mustard plaster.
Using a diaper, the midwife smeared a mustard plaster on the newborn’s chest - a risky procedure that can burn such tender skin rather quickly.
Dr. Leale immediately applies a mustard plaster to every inch of the front of Lincoln’s body, from shoulders down to ankles.
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