- kink-cough
- North Country (Newcastle) Wordsthe hooping cough
English dialects glossary. 2013.
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kink-cough — kinkˈ cough or kinkˈ host noun Whooping cough • • • Main Entry: ↑kink … Useful english dictionary
kink-host — kinkˈ cough or kinkˈ host noun Whooping cough • • • Main Entry: ↑kink … Useful english dictionary
kink — laughter. To KINK, as spoken of children, when their breath is long stopped, through eager crying or laughing. Hence the kink cough, called also the chin cough. N … A glossary of provincial and local words used in England
kink — I Australian Slang 1. deviation from normal behaviour; an eccentricity; 2. sexual predilection; 3. person with a sexual kink II North Country (Newcastle) Words to laugh immoderately, to labour for breath as in the hopping cough … English dialects glossary
kink-haust — a violent cold with a cough. Lane … A glossary of provincial and local words used in England
Chin cough — [For chink cough; cf. As. cincung long laughter, Scot. kink a violent fit of coughing, akin to MHG. k[=i]chen to pant. Cf. {Kinknaust}, {Cough}.] Whooping cough. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Kinkhaust — Kink haust , n. [Prov. E. kink to gasp (cf. {Chin cough}) + haust a cough (akin to E. wheeze).] Whooping cough. [Obs.or Prov. Eng.] [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
kinkcough — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun Etymology: kink (I) + cough : whooping cough … Useful english dictionary
