syph
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of syph
First recorded in 1910–15; by shortening
Example Sentences
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“It’s hard work, especially in winter,” said Isaiah Syph, 26.
From Seattle Times
Plans are to launch a website for the campaign, to be called Syph Aware.
From Washington Times
The campaign, called Syph Aware, will place ads on TriMet buses and launch a website with information about the disease.
From Washington Times
Syph′ilise, to attempt to inoculate the system with the virus of syphilis as a preventive and curative measure.—adj.
From Project Gutenberg
"The disreputable old fogy," he is said to have written of one officer, "is leaving Morocco so that he can nurse his 'syph' in France."
From Time Magazine Archive
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