DEFINITIONS

chin cough

noun

another name for whooping cough

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Words nearby chin cough

chimpanzee, chimu, chin, chin ball, chin cactus, chin cough, chin hills, chin muscle, chin music, chin rest, chin strap

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

  • The chin-cough seems to resemble the gonorrhœa venerea in several circumstances.

    Zoonomia, Vol. II|Erasmus Darwin

  • 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.'

    Hyacinth|George A. Birmingham

  • They are said to be infallible in that which is commonly called the Chin-Cough.

    Every Day Life in the Massachusetts Bay Colony|George Francis Dow