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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Chin cough

/chĭn käf/ · Chin· cough · IPA

01 Whooping cough.

[For chink cough; cf. As. cincung long laughter, Scot. kink a violent fit of coughing, akin to MHG. kīchen to pant. Cf. Kinknaust, Cough.]

1.
Whooping cough.

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