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mustard plaster

noun

  1. a black mixture of mustard and rubber placed on a cloth and applied to the skin as a counterirritant.


mustard plaster

noun

  1. med a mixture of powdered black mustard seeds and an adhesive agent applied to the skin for its relaxing, stimulating, or counterirritant effects
“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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Word History and Origins

Origin of mustard plaster1

First recorded in 1855–60
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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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