falling sickness
noun
Words nearby falling sickness
falling diphthong, falling door, falling down drunk, falling of womb, falling rhythm, falling sickness, falling star, falling tide, falling weather, falling-out, falloff
Origin of falling sickness
First recorded in 1520–30
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Examples from the Web for falling sickness
Even the roof, not of you be it said, has the falling-sickness—it hangs by a hair.
Stories and Pictures|Isaac Loeb PeretzIt is good against the Falling-sickness, and giddiness in the head, it cleanseth the Reins and Bladder.
A Queens Delight|AnonymousIt was a sickness, I believe, like the falling-sickness that comes to old men; and in time I grew better and dreamed no more.
Children of the Frost|Jack LondonHe who kisses it is preserved for seven days from falling-sickness, apoplexy, and sudden death.'
Three Thousand Years of Mental Healing|George Barton Cutten
British Dictionary definitions for falling sickness
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