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- noun Plural form of
typhoid .
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Examples
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It was still going strong when we left at 7 p.m. to go on duty, and the faithful "Flossie" (our Ford) bore us swiftly back to hospital and typhoids.
Fanny Goes to War Pat Beauchamp Washington
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I plunged through the débris back to the typhoids, wondering how 23 had got on, or rather got out, and, would you believe it, his delirium had gone and he was sleeping quietly like a child!
Fanny Goes to War Pat Beauchamp Washington
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It was like leaving one world and stepping into another, so complete was the change from typhoids.
Fanny Goes to War Pat Beauchamp Washington
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"There are no typhoids in tomatoes fresh from the vine," Elizabeth replied testily, and Mrs. Hunter dropped the subject.
The Wind Before the Dawn Dell H. Munger
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-- A large hut hospital for typhoids was built and the casualties diminished, partly because most of the Belgians had already been killed or wounded, and partly because the remaining few had not much fighting to do except hold the line behind the inundations.
Fanny Goes to War Pat Beauchamp Washington
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The next night our plight in typhoids was not one to be envied -- Army blankets had been stretched inadequately across the windows and the beds pulled out of the way of draughts as much as possible, but do what we could the place was like an icehouse; the snow filtered softly through the flapping blankets, and how we cursed the
Fanny Goes to War Pat Beauchamp Washington
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Nursing in the typhoids was relieved by turns up to the trenches behind
Fanny Goes to War Pat Beauchamp Washington
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I was ravenous, as are all convalescent typhoids, and one of the ways in which I eked out my still slender diet was by robbing the sugar-bowl at meals.
The After House Mary Roberts Rinehart 1917
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"Should think it would," retorted the grave-digger, "with them typhoids dyin 'like flies."
The Lady Doc Caroline Lockhart 1916
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There will be diseases, too; typhoids from the disturbed drainage and insufficient water-supply; eye troubles, caused by the swarms of flies and tons of accumulated dust.
Old Calabria Norman Douglas 1910
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