Drop
Drop noun - The quantity of fluid that falls naturally in one rounded mass.
Pill
Pill noun - A small mass containing medicine to be taken orally.
Usage example: you'll have to take one of these pills every six hours for your flu
How words are described
Both words in one sentence
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Ranma ultimately is able to do so and succeeds in getting the pill from Cologne, only for Cologne to reveal that at the last minute that she'd substituted the real pill for a candy drop.
Source: The Cake Is a Lie - He insists that the hero swallow a pill to return to reality, but the hero notices a drop of sweat falling down the doctor's face, exposing the sham.
Source: Cuckoo Nest -
Get Smart had a curious cross between this and the Gargle Blaster: A pill intended to be covertly held in the mouth which absorbs all the alcohol from drinks before you swallow them, but if itself swallowed, will instantly render you drop-dead drunk.
Source: Hideous Hangover Cure
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