shoddy fever
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.01 in modern English
25
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A febrile disease characterized by dyspnea and bronchitis, caused by inhaling dust or mold.
Obsolete; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "Twenty or thirty years ago, it was a common practice for the weavers and spinners to be called from their proper occupations to assist in "blending," as the term is, and this without any remuneration, excepting a largess of beer to allay their thirst, and fortify them against the shoddy fever; thus these men had not such a direct interest in the work as to induce, or such an aptitude for it, as to enable them to do it well."