CHIN-COUGH, noun A contagious disease, often epidemic among children. It increases for some weeks, is attended with a difficulty of breathing, and in its worst stage, with a degree of convulsion. From a particular noise made in coughing, it is also called hooping cough.
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Webster's Dictionary 1828
American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.