Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The state of being croupy or having a tendency to croup.
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- noun The state or quality of being
croupy .
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Examples
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It's the shinning light in all the coughing, sleepiness, and croupiness.
Why I know I should really be a fifties housewife jodifur 2006
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Laryngeal symptoms (hoarseness, croupiness, etcetera) may be due to digital or instrumental efforts at the removal of a foreign body that never was present.
Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery Chevalier Jackson 1911
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