| 单词 | workhouse cough |
| 释义 | > as lemmasworkhouse cough workhouse cough n. rare a bad cough suggestive of the poor health widely associated with parish workhouses. ΚΠ 1890 A. Conan Doyle Sign of Four ix. 196 You would have made an actor, and a rare one. You had the proper workhouse cough. 2012 Racing Post (Nexis) 5 Feb. 10 A longsuffering newspaper seller unleashes a hacking, workhouse cough that might have been part of the Charles Dickens bicentennial celebrations. < as lemmas |
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