Word | croup (2 unrelated meanings) |
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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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