xylene

xylene
noun /ˈzaɪliːn/
Any of a group of three isomeric aromatic hydrocarbons, di-methyl-benzene, found in coal and wood tar.

[...] proceeding, desperately, from such opiated catarrh preparations as Collis Browns Mixture on to cocainized brain tonics, cigarettes soaked in absinthe, xylene in unventilated rooms, and so on [...].


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