Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The whoopingcough.
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Examples
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From this point there was a pleasant meadow field sloping prettily away to a little hill about three-quarters of a mile distant; which, catching some fine breezes from the moors beyond, was held to be a place of cure for whooping-cough, or 'kinkcough,' as it was vulgarly called.
The Peace Egg and Other tales Juliana Horatia Gatty Ewing 1863
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a place of cure for whooping-cough, or 'kinkcough,' as it was vulgarly called.
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Bffidc: s,. ic certainly pre* vented fpafms, and probably fatal convuilions, lathe einld, cai'e fifth i notwithftand*ng a conllitutional tendency, a rapid den - tition, and an obftinate kinkcough, all. coi (pired lu briog them on.
The Monthly Review 1774
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