four thieves' vinegar

短语

别名

thieves' vinegar

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Vinegar mixed with camphor and essential oils, formerly used as medicine.

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词源

From the story that thieves, by using it, were enabled to plunder, with impunity to health, in the great plague at London. Possibly originally a corruption of "Forthave's vinegar", Richard Forthave being the publisher of an early recipe.

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