Meaning of love potion | Babel Free

Definitions

A drink supposed to have the magic power to make the drinker fall in love with a specified person.

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Examples

“One love⟳ potion was composed of the powdered navel string of a new-born baby boy.”

“I took my troubles down to Madame Ruth You know⟳ that gypsy with the gold-capped tooth She's got a pad down on Thirty-Fourth and Vine Sellin' little bottles of Love⟳ Potion Number⟳ Nine.”

“Cuttle-fish, spiced oysters, sea hedge-hogs, and lobsters were among the ingredients of love-potions that reputed thaumaturgist Apuleius [...] was accused of have⟳ prepared in order⟳ to win⟳ the love⟳ of a widow.”

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