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  • noun Obsolete spelling of palsy.

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Examples

  • By some miracle, she managed to not suffer the most common side effects of abruption — cerebral palsey.

    A Good Birth | Her Bad Mother 2010

  • March 23rd, 2010 8:42 am ET it means my son who has cerebral palsey will finally have decent health insurance. yes our premiums will be higher, maybe even our taxes..but that is ok as long as he gets care.

    How could the health care bill impact you? 2010

  • One had cerebal palsey, and I'm sorry to say the kids weren't always nice to him.

    Archive 2009-04-01 Molly Daniels 2009

  • Defense in every circumstancias of deboutcheries no the chaste daffs I Pack pickets, pioghs and kughs to be palsey-putred!

    Finnegans Wake 2006

  • How could a show that makes fun of cerebral palsey not strike a chord with me?

    Archive 2005-09-01 Michelle Collins 2005

  • How could a show that makes fun of cerebral palsey not strike a chord with me?

    An Odd Confession Michelle Collins 2005

  • The scriptures have it: "Bile or palsey, cold or gout spring all alike."

    The Post Office Rabindranath Tagore 1901

  • It restores speech to those that have the dumb palsey.

    Kidnapped: The Adventures of David Balfour 1886

  • It restores speech to those that have the dumb palsey.

    Kidnapped Robert Louis Stevenson 1872

  • It hath brought palsey to bed, lyeth between the young bride and her bridegroom

    The Guardian World News Patrick Wintour 2011

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