- bone-ache
- obsoletesyphilisPunning perhaps on the symptoms and the bone, the penis in old vulgar use.
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bone-ache — boneˈ ache noun Pain in the bones • • • Main Entry: ↑bone … Useful english dictionary
incurable bone-ache — obsolete syphilis Not rheumatism or arthritis. Until Fleming s discovery of penicillin, the condition might be arrested but not cured, and mental institutions had many patients suffering from neurosyphilis, or general paralysis of the… … How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms
Neapolitan bone-ache — syphilis The disease you caught from the Italians, if not the French or the Spanish: Vengeance on the whole camp or, rather, the Neopolitan bone ache for that, methinks, is the curse... (Shakespeare, Troilus and Cressida) Also as the … How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms
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ache — A dull, poorly localized pain, usually one of less than severe intensity. bone a. a dull pain in one or more bones, often severe; an extreme variety occurs in dengue. stomach a. pain in the abdomen, usually arising in the … Medical dictionary
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