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croupy

[ kroo-pee ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

, croup·i·er, croup·i·est.

Origin of croupy¹

First recorded in 1825–35; croup ¹ + -y ¹

Even now, hearing a child struggling with that croupy rattle hits her in the gut.

The children were croupy, and one morning an alcohol lamp near little Clara's bed, blown by the draught, set fire to the canopy.

If it occurs suddenly, the child will wake about midnight with the characteristic croupy cough.

Next morning it wakes up apparently well except for the croupy cough.

The idea of a hot bath in the middle of the day, and him full of dinner, and croupy into the bargain!

The disease which Mackenzie called croup, was generally known in Glasgow at that time as croupy sore throat.

April 25, 2024firkin

[fur-kin ]

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