workhouse cough
rare
noun
A bad cough suggestive of the poor health widely associated with parish workhouses.
Origin
Late 19th century; earliest use found in Arthur Conan Doyle (1859–1930), writer.
| 单词 | workhouse cough |
| 释义 | workhouse coughrare noun A bad cough suggestive of the poor health widely associated with parish workhouses. Origin |
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