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Definition of Nostrums
1. nostrum [n] - See also: nostrum
Lexicographical Neighbors of Nostrums
Literary usage of Nostrums
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Alcohol, Hygiene and Legislation by Edward Huntington Williams (1915)
"Similarly, the government and state laws permit the sale of nostrums ... It has
been pointed out repeatedly that many of these nostrums contain not only a ..."
2. Report (1913)
"SECRET REMEDIES, nostrums AND FAKES. BY WS HUBBARD. Those of you who read in your
daily papers such articles as: "How I Made My Hair Grow;" "The'Model's ..."
3. The Library of Literary Criticism of English and American Authors by Charles Wells Moulton (1904)
"488. We had fine fun with Carlyle, who talked broad Scotch, and utter nonsense
without end. His nostrums respecting law reform did not go unscathed. ..."
4. Annals of Medical History by Francis Randolph Packard (1920)
"THE LEGAL CONTROL OF THE SALE OF nostrums AND POISONS IN FRANCE DURING THE
EIGHTEENTH CENTURY Let it not be thought that there was no legislation for the ..."
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