chilblains

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Even if he had permitted himself this freedom he would have seen nothing more interesting than three young lady assistants seated round the stove and sewing with pricked fingers from which the chilblains were at last deciding to depart.

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  • Madame has had a trouble in her foot (chilblains, as a result of the cold), complicated with some internal illness. —  Ruin of a Princess
  • He had a vague recollection of growing up in winters like these; he knew the signs of frostbite, of chilblains, as well as anyone. —  F ;SF; - vol 090 issue 04 - April 1996
  • They seemed too small for such exertion: their little hands were purple with chilblains, and they were so sorefooted they could scarcely limp. —  Alton Locke, Tailor And Poet
  • In winter chaps and chilblains were Honore's unceasing lot. —  Balzac
  • There was one unfortunate youngster whose hands were covered with chilblains, and who was constantly displeasing Mr. Cape by inattention or inaccuracy, so he incurred such perpetual canings that his hands were pitiable to see, and must have been extremely painful. —  Philip Gilbert Hamerton
 

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