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Pluto water noun a natural mineral water that acts as a strong laxative US- He marched over to the dresser and poured himself another snort of painkiller, downing it like it was Pluto water. — Guy Owen, The Flim-Flam Man and the Apprentice Grifter, p. 179, 1972
- The name “Pluto water” was coined in the 1890s by two doctors from Louisville, presumably to shift attention from the odor. “It tastes as bad as it smells, too,” grins Gail Spencer, spa director[.] — Chicago Tribune, p. C9, 13 January 1985
- Visitors still take mineral springs baths at the 471-room French Lick Springs Resort & Spa, where the so called “Pluto” water was once promoted with the slogan: “When nature won’t, Pluto will.” — Deseret Morning News (Salt Lake City), p. T3, 14 September 2003
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