Entry: emetics (n.)
In context: "'Bridget, I forgot to tell you I saw that Rite Aid's having an enormous clearance on emetics."
Definition: Having power to produce vomiting. Also fig. sickening, mawkish.
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SNOOT score: 1
Page: 702
Source: Oxford English Dictionary
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