inheritance powder

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Any of several poisons used for murder, but especially arsenic and, to a lesser extent, thallium. countable,historical,uncountable
    — `Arsenic was very popular in the old days [...] Inheritance powder, they called it. Pure, deadly, white, dissolves in any weak acid.'

词形变化

inheritance powders plural

词源

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