See Berocca on Wiktionary
{ "etymology_text": "A brand name.", "forms": [ { "form": "Beroccas", "tags": [ "plural" ] } ], "head_templates": [ { "args": {}, "expansion": "Berocca (plural Beroccas)", "name": "en-noun" } ], "lang": "English", "lang_code": "en", "pos": "noun", "senses": [ { "categories": [ { "kind": "other", "name": "English entries with incorrect language header", "parents": [ "Entries with incorrect language header", "Entry maintenance" ], "source": "w" }, { "kind": "other", "name": "Pages with 1 entry", "parents": [], "source": "w" }, { "kind": "other", "name": "Pages with entries", "parents": [], "source": "w" } ], "examples": [ { "ref": "1996, Ewan Wilson, Dogfight: The Inside Story of the Kiwi Airlines Collapse, →ISBN:", "text": "The wake-up call came, right on time, a simple electronic message saying, \"This is your wake-up call.\" A quick shower, a Berocca, and I was out the door. Brian and I went to the solicitors' office and ran over the case again.", "type": "quote" }, { "ref": "1999, Margery Forde, X-Stacy, Dramatic Lines Publishers, →ISBN, page 12:", "text": "He is holding a glass with a Berocca in it. The song fades under.", "type": "quote" }, { "ref": "2002, Jane Clifton, Half Past Dead:", "text": "Steadying herself at the kitchen sink , she fizzed a Berocca and washed down a couple of paracodeine for good measure, hoping she wouldn't throw up the lot in the next few minutes.", "type": "quote" }, { "ref": "2012, Anna Funder, All That I Am: A Novel, Harper Collins, →ISBN:", "text": "So I thaw a piece of frozen cheesecake for dinner — one of the advantages of living alone — then fizz a Berocca in a tall glass to make up for it. I'll have to explain myself to Bev when she comes tomorrow.", "type": "quote" }, { "ref": "2012, Sarah Tucker, The Younger Man, Harlequin, →ISBN:", "text": "I've had six Beroccas and it's only just gone ten on a Monday morning and I'm buzzing like a bee on heat—if there is such a thing. I've got to decide what I'm wearing for the New York trip. Okay, it's in a week's time so why am I sweating now?", "type": "quote" }, { "ref": "2012, Nick Earls, After January, Univ. of Queensland Press, →ISBN:", "text": "She emerges looking quite tired and with two Beroccas in her hand. She sees I'm awake and she signals me to come over. She pours us each a glass of water, but the Beroccas both go in hers.", "type": "quote" }, { "ref": "2020, Diksha Basu, Destination Wedding: A Novel, Ballantine Books, →ISBN, page 37:", "text": "“The hangover is going to hit after I take a nap, I can already feel it.” “Take two aspirin and drink two whole glasses of water before you sleep,” Tina said. “That's the American remedy. I'll give you a Berocca before you sleep—that's the British […]", "type": "quote" } ], "glosses": [ "A vitamin-rich effervescent drink tablet, or a fruity drink made by dissolving one or more of these tablets in water, used for its supposed health effects or as a folk remedy for hangover or tiredness." ], "id": "en-Berocca-en-noun-ZEMEgmlt", "links": [ [ "hangover", "hangover" ] ] } ], "word": "Berocca" }
{ "etymology_text": "A brand name.", "forms": [ { "form": "Beroccas", "tags": [ "plural" ] } ], "head_templates": [ { "args": {}, "expansion": "Berocca (plural Beroccas)", "name": "en-noun" } ], "lang": "English", "lang_code": "en", "pos": "noun", "senses": [ { "categories": [ "English countable nouns", "English entries with incorrect language header", "English lemmas", "English nouns", "English terms with quotations", "Pages with 1 entry", "Pages with entries", "Quotation templates to be cleaned" ], "examples": [ { "ref": "1996, Ewan Wilson, Dogfight: The Inside Story of the Kiwi Airlines Collapse, →ISBN:", "text": "The wake-up call came, right on time, a simple electronic message saying, \"This is your wake-up call.\" A quick shower, a Berocca, and I was out the door. Brian and I went to the solicitors' office and ran over the case again.", "type": "quote" }, { "ref": "1999, Margery Forde, X-Stacy, Dramatic Lines Publishers, →ISBN, page 12:", "text": "He is holding a glass with a Berocca in it. The song fades under.", "type": "quote" }, { "ref": "2002, Jane Clifton, Half Past Dead:", "text": "Steadying herself at the kitchen sink , she fizzed a Berocca and washed down a couple of paracodeine for good measure, hoping she wouldn't throw up the lot in the next few minutes.", "type": "quote" }, { "ref": "2012, Anna Funder, All That I Am: A Novel, Harper Collins, →ISBN:", "text": "So I thaw a piece of frozen cheesecake for dinner — one of the advantages of living alone — then fizz a Berocca in a tall glass to make up for it. I'll have to explain myself to Bev when she comes tomorrow.", "type": "quote" }, { "ref": "2012, Sarah Tucker, The Younger Man, Harlequin, →ISBN:", "text": "I've had six Beroccas and it's only just gone ten on a Monday morning and I'm buzzing like a bee on heat—if there is such a thing. I've got to decide what I'm wearing for the New York trip. Okay, it's in a week's time so why am I sweating now?", "type": "quote" }, { "ref": "2012, Nick Earls, After January, Univ. of Queensland Press, →ISBN:", "text": "She emerges looking quite tired and with two Beroccas in her hand. She sees I'm awake and she signals me to come over. She pours us each a glass of water, but the Beroccas both go in hers.", "type": "quote" }, { "ref": "2020, Diksha Basu, Destination Wedding: A Novel, Ballantine Books, →ISBN, page 37:", "text": "“The hangover is going to hit after I take a nap, I can already feel it.” “Take two aspirin and drink two whole glasses of water before you sleep,” Tina said. “That's the American remedy. I'll give you a Berocca before you sleep—that's the British […]", "type": "quote" } ], "glosses": [ "A vitamin-rich effervescent drink tablet, or a fruity drink made by dissolving one or more of these tablets in water, used for its supposed health effects or as a folk remedy for hangover or tiredness." ], "links": [ [ "hangover", "hangover" ] ] } ], "word": "Berocca" }
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