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chink cough

chink cough noun: synonym of whooping cough.

Noun

chink cough

  1. (dated) Synonym of whooping cough.
    Synonyms:
    whooping cough

Synonyms of chink cough

Origin of chink cough

From chink, a variant of kink (“to gasp, to convulse with coughing or laughter”), + cough. Compare Scots kink-host, Dutch kinkhoest.

Questions about chink cough

What does chink cough mean?
Chink cough means synonym of whooping cough.
What part of speech is chink cough?
Chink cough is a noun.

Words near chink cough in the dictionary

  1. Chiniqua
  2. chiniquodontid
  3. chiniquodontids
  4. Chinish
  5. chink
  6. chink cough
  7. chink in the armor
  8. chink in the armour
  9. chink land
  10. chink up
  11. chink-a-chink

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