chin cough
Word Origin for chin cough
C16: changed (through influence from chine 1 and chin) from earlier chink-cough, from chink ² + cough
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Examples from the Web for chin cough
Historical Examples of chin cough
They are said to be infallible in that which is commonly called the Chin-Cough.
Every Day Life in the Massachusetts Bay ColonyGeorge Francis Dow
I wanted to get Maggie Cassidy up from the village for the day, but her baby had the chin-cough, and she couldn't come.'
HyacinthGeorge A. Birmingham
The chin-cough seems to resemble the gonorrhœa venerea in several circumstances.
Zoonomia, Vol. IIErasmus Darwin