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- noun Plural form of
consumptive .
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Examples
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The _Expectoration_ of consumptives which is thrown out by coughing with great exertion, is but scant in the beginning, as a rule phlegmy, glassy transparent and sticky.
Prof. Koch's Method to Cure Tuberculosis Popularly Treated Max Birnbaum 1876
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He coughed much, as though consumption gripped his lungs, while his eyes had that mad, fevered light common to consumptives in the last stage.
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Mary Mallon, who is physically healthy in every way, is being kept on a quarantine island just north of New York City, along with dozens of consumptives, recovering and otherwise.
Deadly Julie Chibbaro 2011
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Mary Mallon, who is physically healthy in every way, is being kept on a quarantine island just north of New York City, along with dozens of consumptives, recovering and otherwise.
Deadly Julie Chibbaro 2011
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Mary Mallon, who is physically healthy in every way, is being kept on a quarantine island just north of New York City, along with dozens of consumptives, recovering and otherwise.
Deadly Julie Chibbaro 2011
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Mary Mallon, who is physically healthy in every way, is being kept on a quarantine island just north of New York City, along with dozens of consumptives, recovering and otherwise.
Deadly Julie Chibbaro 2011
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Mary Mallon, who is physically healthy in every way, is being kept on a quarantine island just north of New York City, along with dozens of consumptives, recovering and otherwise.
Deadly Julie Chibbaro 2011
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Other highlights include the phrasing "alienation of his wife's affections" and "entered a sanitarium for consumptives:"
Angora Holly Polo: Jerry and Esther Priddy Should Give Donnybrook Their Castle 2010
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Even his ears showed a form particular to consumptives.
THE CRITIC WRITES POEMS EILEEN 2009
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While consumptives and hypochondriacs toddled to Cannes and Nice, those with money to burn (and sometimes with pockets to let) dashed to Monte Carlo and its world-famous casino where the ordinary gambling unit was a mille, worth about 40 pounds.
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