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Definition of Sleeping capsule
1. Noun. A soporific drug in the form of a pill (or tablet or capsule).
Exact synonyms: Sleeping Draught, Sleeping Pill, Sleeping Tablet
Generic synonyms: Lozenge, Pill, Tab, Tablet, Hypnotic, Soporific
Generic synonyms: Lozenge, Pill, Tab, Tablet, Hypnotic, Soporific
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sleeping Capsule
Literary usage of Sleeping capsule
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Handbook of suggestive therapeutics, applied hypnotism, psychic science by Henry Sumner Munro (1912)
""Why, give her a sleeping capsule, and tell her that you are going to give her
a good night's sleep. Then turn to the nurse and say, '(Jive one of these ..."