chin cough

English

Alternative forms

chincough, kinkcough

Etymology

Variant of earlier chink cough, from chink (“to gasp, to convulse with coughing or laughter”) + cough. Compare Scots kink-host, Dutch kinkhoest, and see chink.

Noun

chin cough (plural chin coughs)

(archaic) Synonym of whooping cough.

References

“chincough, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 2022.
chin cough in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

Anagrams

Ching-chou

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