"dinner pill" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: dinner pills [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} dinner pill (plural dinner pills)
  1. (medicine, dated) A pill to aid the digestion. Tags: dated Categories (topical): Medicine
    Sense id: en-dinner_pill-en-noun-Sn8MBku9 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: medicine, sciences

Inflected forms

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