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Croup N Anna Unrelated Meanings Rump Hindquarters Esp

Word croup (2 unrelated meanings)
Definition n. The rump or hindquarters, esp. of a horse.
n. Inflammation of the larynx and trachea in a child.
Sentence - A little life-hussar in tight breeches rode by at a gallop, hunched on the croup like a cat.

- And again there came to her imagination the cruel memory, eternally gnawing at her mother's heart, of the death of her last infant boy, who had died of croup.
Source Anna Karenina, II.XXIV, p.195
Anna Karenina, VI.XVI, p.607

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