Think the Frogtown settlers rinsed their tonsils with something that was “too wet to plow and too thick to drink”?
Toledo: The Town Too Tough for Toxic Water|P. J. O’Rourke|August 4, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Here's a transcript in case you're at the vet waiting for your cat's tonsils to be removed.
The Things Not Asked; Tonight|Michael Tomasky|October 22, 2012|DAILY BEAST
The procedure is now the most common surgery performed in the U.S.—more common than getting your tonsils or appendix removed.
The C-Section Backlash|Danielle Friedman|October 17, 2009|DAILY BEAST
From such trifles as uvulas and tonsils they went on to ovaries and appendices until at last no one's inside was safe.
Heartbreak House|George Bernard Shaw
A pair of small bodies at the sides of the soft palate near its hinder end are the tonsils.
Elementary Zoology, Second Edition|Vernon L. Kellogg
The "glandia" were the kernels or tonsils of the throat, situate just below the root of the tongue.
The Captiva and The Mostellaria|Plautus
Your tonsils get red, you've a pain in your head, and you find it a labour to swallow.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 107 July 7, 1894, by Various|Various
The tonsils are enlarged, and project so that they obstruct the isthmus of the fauces, sometimes even meeting in the middle line.
Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities--Head--Neck. Sixth Edition.|Alexander Miles
Cultural definitions for tonsils
tonsils
Two masses of tissue on either side of the throat. The tonsils, part of the lymphatic system, help defend the body against harmful microorganisms.
notes for tonsils
Formerly, tonsils were often removed surgically in childhood, but now they are not, unless the tonsils have grown too large or are continually subject to infection.
The two oval-shaped masses of tissue at the back of the throat that lie between the mouth and the pharynx. The tonsils are thought to prevent infections of the breathing passages but often become infected themselves.