chink cough

English

Etymology

From chink, a variant of kink (“to gasp, to convulse with coughing or laughter”), + cough. Compare Scots kink-host, Dutch kinkhoest.

Noun

chink cough

  1. (dated) Synonym of whooping cough.
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