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名詞

love potion (plural love potions)

1. A drink supposed to have the magic power to make the drinker fall in love with a specified person.
   • 1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 82:

     One love potion was composed of the powdered navel string of a new-born baby boy.

   • 1959, Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller (lyrics and music), “Love Potion No. 9”, performed by The Clovers:

     I took my troubles down to Madame Ruth
     You know that gypsy with the gold-capped tooth
     She's got a pad down on Thirty-Fourth and Vine
     Sellin' little bottles of Love Potion Number Nine.

同意語

• love philtre, philtre, philter