Citations:embrocation

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English citations of embrocation

  • "Got any embrocation? Poi's rubbed herself to hell!" - "The Woman At The Store", from "Selected Short Stories" by Katherine Mansfield (first published in 1912)
  • Withnail: Four hours to opening time. God help us. Have we got any embrocation?
I: What for?
Withnail: To rub on ourselves you fool. We'll cover ourselves in Deep Heat and get up against a radiator. Keep ourselves alive until twelve.
Withnail and I, by Bruce Robinson (1986)