chink cough
Meanings
noun
- Synonym of whooping cough.
Word forms
Etymology
From chink, a variant of kink (“to gasp, to convulse with coughing or laughter”), + cough. Compare Scots kink-host, Dutch kinkhoest.
Synonyms
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