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Concoction

noun

Any foodstuff made by combining different ingredients. Synonyms: intermixture, mixture. "He drank a mixture of beer and lemonade"

An occurrence of an unusual mixture.

The invention of a scheme or story to suit some purpose. "She has no peer in the concoction of mystery stories"

The act of creating something (a medicine or drink or soup etc.) by compounding or mixing a variety of components. Synonym: confection.

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"Concoction" Quotes from Famous Books

... to Allison. "I see you've got quite a drug store here. Are you particularly attached to any special concoction?" ...

— Old Rose and Silver • Myrtle Reed

... much impressed by her political acumen, and employed her on "secret service" for the Government, entrusting her as a preliminary with a "mission to St. Petersburg." The story is an obvious concoction, if merely because Dujarier, being little beyond a penny-a-liner hack, had no power to employ anybody on such a task. Still, Lola always stuck to it. Still, it is just possible that she may have gone to Russia at this period, for Nicholas was interested in the art ...

— The Magnificent Montez - From Courtesan to Convert • Horace Wyndham

... which celebrated some important family gathering, the pungent odor of eggnog would have greeted you even before you could have slipped off your gum-shoes in the hall, or hung your coat on the mahogany rack. This seductive concoction—the most potent of all Malachi's beverages—was always served from a green and gold Chinese bowl, and drunk not from the customary low tumblers, but from special Spode cups, and was, I must confess, productive of a head—for I myself was once tempted to drink a bumper of it at this most delightful ...

— The Fortunes of Oliver Horn • F. Hopkinson Smith

... variation in detail, is reported as occurring to a relative or close friend of the teller. For campaign purposes, and particularly in England for the sake of stimulating recruiting, a partisan press has helped along the concoction of lies. ...

— The Log of a Noncombatant • Horace Green

... roads through the forests had been very bad, and the men and horses showed signs of fatigue; but we had now passed through all the thickly wooded country, and had entered into the prairie country, extending to Fort Winnebago, and which was beautiful beyond concoction. Its features alone can be described; but its effects can only be felt by being seen. The prairies here are not very large, seldom being above six or seven miles in length or breadth; generally speaking, they lie in gentle undulating flats, and the ridges and hills between them are composed ...

— Diary in America, Series One • Frederick Marryat (AKA Captain Marryat)

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