Kruschen
(ˈkruːʃən)
Kruschen salts, a proprietary aperient; also ellipt. As an advertising catch phr. that Kruschen feeling, a feeling of vigorous health.
| 1925 R. W. G. Hingston in E. F. Norton Fight for Everest, 1924 350 Kruschen salts, 2 bottles. 1925 R. Macaulay Casual Commentary 131 The happy spring when..we are full of that Kruschen feeling. 1928 L. C. Dunsterville Stalky's Reminisc. xv. 226 He was very liverish in the early morning and had none of that ‘Kruschen feeling’ about him. 1936 C. Day Lewis Friendly Tree xii. 174 That Crane girl acts like a dose of Kruschen on the staff. |