chin cough

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noun

another name for whooping cough

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Word Origin for chin cough

C16: changed (through influence from chine 1 and chin) from earlier chink-cough, from chink ² + cough

Words nearby chin cough

chin-chin, Chin-Chou, chinchy, Chincoteague, Chincoteague pony, chin cough, Chindia, Chindit, Chindwin, chine, Chinee

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How to use chin cough in a sentence

At Christianity Today, Peter Chin claims Christians should preach peace instead of bogging down in the particulars of race.
No Gods, No Cops, No Masters|James Poulos|January 1, 2015|DAILY BEAST
His chin rested on the thick plastic collar buckled around his neck.
Dungeons and Genital Clamps: Inside a Legendary BDSM Chateau|Ian Frisch|December 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Some cough up preposterous jury awards, while others lay bare the egregious failures of the criminal justice system.
How One Lawsuit Shows What’s Wrong With America|James Poulos|October 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Will went on to say doctors believe a “sneeze or some cough” can spread Ebola.
Fact-Checking the Sunday Shows: October 19|PunditFact.com|October 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST

It can spread through a sneeze, cough, sharing a beverage or speaking up close with someone who has the disease.
Fact-Checking the Sunday Shows: October 19|PunditFact.com|October 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Only in the carnage of the head, the tilt of the chin, was the insolence expressed that had made her many enemies.
Ancestors|Gertrude Atherton
When the quantity is very small there may be no cough, the sputum reaching the larynx by action of the bronchial cilia.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd
Then he clapped his fiddle under his chin and without more ado struck up "Bobbing Joan."
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume I (of 3)|Charles James Wills
And, old ink pot, tuck a horse blanket under my chin, and rub me down with brickbats while I feed!
The Book of Anecdotes and Budget of Fun;|Various
He stepped to the girl, and roughly raised her chin with his hand so that she was forced to look him in the face.
St. Martin's Summer|Rafael Sabatini