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Lunger   /lˈəŋər/   Listen
noun
lunger  n.  A person with pulmonary tuberculosis. (informal)
Synonyms: consumptive.






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Lunger" Quotes from Famous Books



... thrown race, Billy. Yeh know that. I know how yeh doped it out. I know we ain't got much time to make a pile if we keep at th' game. Makin' weight makes yeh a lunger. We all die of th' hurry-up stunt. An' yeh're all right to your owner so long's yeh make good. After that it's twenty-three, forty-six, double time for yours. I know what th' game is when you've hit th' top of th' pile. It's a fast mob, an' yeh got to keep up with th' band-wagon. You're ...
— Garrison's Finish - A Romance of the Race-Course • W. B. M. Ferguson



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