Citations:Calpol

English citations of Calpol and calpol

Verb

• 2014 May 8, Helen Chandler, To Have and to Hold, Hodder & Stoughton, →ISBN:

  Harriet instead had been teething, so of tucking the children up in bed at 7 p.m. and then having a luxurious hour to pamper herself, she'd actually spent the time rocking, soothing, Calpoling, cuddling and, finally, begging her daughter to [sleep].

• 2020 September 3, Chris Ramsey, Rosie Ramsey, Sh**ged. Married. Annoyed.: The Sunday Times No. 1 Bestseller, Penguin UK, →ISBN:

  Robin was hard as nails and by this point he was Calpoled off his tits and laughing his head off as if nothing had happened. It was pretty embarrassing that we were both in a worse state than him. Chris couldn't look at him […]

Noun

• 2015 March 4, Sarah Owen, The Complete guide to pregnancy and child care - The baby manual - PART ONE, Lulu.com, →ISBN, page 498:

  Instead give calpol or nurofen, remove clothes and sponge with a damp tepid flannel. Because they feel cold and shivery in themselves (although hot to the touch), they may want to wrap in a warm blanket – avoid this as it will make them […]

• 2018 January 31, Jonathan Tindale, Daddy Day Care: A book for new dads and curious mums, Jonathan Tindale, →ISBN:

  Call out box: First aid kit: Calpol or other childrens paracetamol, childrens ibuprofen, electronic thermometer (my doctor recommended the sort that you insert in the child's ear), baby syringe (to administer the medicine), […]

• 2012 January 1, Steve Mee, Valuing People with a Learning Disability, M&K Update Ltd, →ISBN, page 82:

  A young mother with a learning disability gave Calpol to her daughter in their back garden. A neighbour was watching from an upstairs window. She observed the mother give 14 spoons of Calpol to the child and so she rang for an ambulance […]

• 2003 March 18, Graham Joyce, Smoking Poppy: A Novel, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 183:

  It was when I asked him about the Calpol in the generator hut that I got an insight into who or what I was dealing with. The hill tribe with whom we were staying were particularly susceptible to opium. They had little medicine to speak […]

• 2017 September 19, Nick O'Brien, Stanislavski in Practice: Exercises for Students, Routledge, →ISBN:

  You are worried that the effects of the Calpol will soon wear off and you need to get some more. You leave a message with your husband to pick up some Calpol on his way home. He arrives back home never having got the message.