Meaning of mustard plaister | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Alternative spelling of mustard plaster.
   alt-of, alternative, archaic
2. Synonym of yellowback.

Examples

“There's no physic'll cure without a blessing, and with a blessing I know I've seen a mustard plaister work when there was no more smell nor strength in the mustard than so much flour.”

“If the mustard plaister is applied without mixing with meal, a little flour should be sprinkled in with it, and a fold of thin muslin be laid over the face of it — this prevents particles of mustard remaining on the skin, the removal of which causes much annoyance to the patient.”

“You can't beat hot ale an' ginger, missus, for a cowd. An' a mustard plaister if it's inflimation.”

“Mr. Evans was one of the pioneers in the development of colour-printing, and not only did a quantity of ordinary trade work in this way, but also choice books. One of the mustard plaisters.”

“Evans hired Crane primarily for covers for "yellow-backs" or "mustard plaisters," cheap railway fiction issued in gaudy yellow-papered boards.”

“The illustrator Walter Crane (1845-1915) emphasised their color in his Reminiscences, using the synonym "mustard" when rcealling his production of "covers of cheap railway novels, which we sometimes called, from their generally yellow hue and sensational character mustard plaisters”.”

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