chink cough

Questions

What does chink cough mean?

Synonym of whooping cough.

Where does chink cough come from?

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

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