Meaning

1 senses
  1. (archaic, countable, uncountable)Synonym of whooping cough.

Origin

Variant of earlier chink cough, from chink (“to gasp, to convulse with coughing or laughte

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.

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