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inheritance powder

noun

Etymology

So called because one person might murder another to gain an inheritance.

Definitions

  1. Any of several poisons used for murder, but especially arsenic and, to a lesser extent,…

    Any of several poisons used for murder, but especially arsenic and, to a lesser extent, thallium.

    • `Arsenic was very popular in the old days [...] Inheritance powder, they called it. Pure, deadly, white, dissolves in any weak acid.'

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for inheritance powder. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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