black lotion

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   a mixture of calomel and limewater that is used on syphilitic sores

   Synonymsblackwash

   Broaderlotion

Questions about black lotion

What does black lotion mean?

black lotion means "a mixture of calomel and limewater that is used on syphilitic sores".

What is another word for black lotion?

Close synonyms include blackwash. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is black lotion a common word?

black lotion is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.