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- noun Plural form of
ringworm .
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Examples
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I doubt the original restrictions were based on sciematific inquiry, rather an observation that the family without the hogs dont have the ringworms, flu, dead babies etc.
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When we met in Honolulu in September of '68, he had two dozen festering ringworms on his back and suffered shrieking nightmares.
Linda Hansen: A Thousand Points of Blight: Lindsey Graham and the McSmear Campaign 2008
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I like using 4 ringworms and soft plastics under boat docks and under rock ledges.
Where to Fish for Bass in Hot Weather During Different Times of the Day 2004
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I like using 4 ringworms and soft plastics under boat docks and under rock ledges.
Where to Fish for Bass in Hot Weather During Different Times of the Day 2004
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Greg and Melissa's kids, healthy when they were taken, supposedly taken to doctors 70 times now suffer from neglect, ringworms, lice, and numerous other complaints.
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The damn ringworms finally decided to leave me alone, and hence my skin complexion wasn't that of a 60-year old, all dry and desert like.
jaimewolf Diary Entry jaimewolf 2004
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Yep, the first ringworms popped up in my classroom last week.
madrigle Diary Entry madrigle 2002
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The poison caused eruptions, covered her with ringworms from head to foot, and prevented the marriage.
The Entire Memoirs of Louis XIV and the Regency d'Orleans, Charlotte -Elisabeth, duchesse 2001
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Montespan told the King that Ludres had certain ringworms upon her body, caused by a poison that had been given her in her youth by Madame de Cantecroix.
The Entire Memoirs of Louis XIV and the Regency d'Orleans, Charlotte -Elisabeth, duchesse 2001
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Tar ointment is good for ringworms in the head, which some children have, and has cured children where the head and face was covered with what is called the "milk crust."
Domestic Cookery, Useful Receipts, and Hints to Young Housekeepers Elizabeth E. Lea
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