phthisicky
- a variation of phthisical.
Example Sentences
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You will be the happy and respected husband of some tidy old lady in black, and spectacles,—a little phthisicky, like Frank's grandmother,—and an accomplished cook of stewed pears and Johnny-cakes!
From Dream Life A Fable Of The Seasons by Mitchell, Donald Grant
"Sock it to 'em!" he tried to shout, but his phthisicky effort ended in a spell of coughing.
From A Dream of Empire Or, The House of Blennerhassett by Venable, William Henry
I do hope you won't have that same kind of a phthisicky ketch in your breath that you had the other night after you overdone.
From The Wizard's Daughter and Other Stories by Graham, Margaret Collier
And here the good dame prolonged her phthisicky laugh for some moments, as she presented a box of Scotch snuff to her guest.
From Horse-Shoe Robinson A Tale of the Tory Ascendency by Kennedy, John Pendleton
