See soften someone's cough in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"ref": "2004, Edmund Powers, The Last Chapter, →ISBN, page 183:",
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"ref": "2010, Ross O'Carroll-Kelly, The Oh My God Delusion, →ISBN:",
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"text": "Because this was blameless Mike's third such 'surprise', Justice Carmel Healy decided she'd soften his cough by sticking him inside for a few months.",
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"text": "That'll help to soften his cough. I bet that's what your mam used to do for you when you were a bit chesty?",
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"text": "That's one thundering snotty bitch!” “Yeah,” Hanly said as he started the engine. “Thinks she's Marie Antoinette or some other high and mighty queen. I know it would only be a fine but it might just soften her cough a bit.",
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