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poulticelike en · ADJ

Etymology

From poultice + -like.

Meanings

1. Resembling or characteristic of a poultice.
   • Thus he suggested beginning with Milton — “My own choice would tend to include the final scene of ‘Paradise Lost,’ ” he wrote, “with what is probably the most poignant moment in all our literature coming at lines 624-6” — before running through Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, Eric Ambler and, finally, a poulticelike application of light comedies by P. G. Wodehouse and Peter De Vries. 2008 June 4, Dwight Garner, “Toasting the Joys of Imbibing Properly”, in New York Times:

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