chin cough
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English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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[edit]
chin cough (plural chin coughs)
- (archaic) Synonym of whooping cough.
References[edit]
- “chincough, n.”, in OED Online
, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 2022. - “chin cough”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
