Obs. exc. Sc. [f. KINK v.1 + HOAST, cough, corresp. to MLG. kinkhôste, LG. kinkhôst, Du. kink-, kiek-, kikhoest, G. keichhusten, Da. kighoste, Sw. kikhosta: all containing the Teut. stem kik-, Saxon kink-.] = prec.

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c. 1190.  Reginald, Vita Godrici (Surtees), 373. Quod genus infirmitatis Kinkehost vocant Angli.

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a. 1584.  Montgomerie, Flyting w. Polwart, 307. The kinkhost, the charbuckle, and the wormes in the cheiks.

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1830.  Galt, Lawrie T., I. ii. (1849), 6. In teethings and kink host.

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1858–61.  E. B. Ramsay, Remin., v. (1870), 115. I’ve had … the kinkhost.

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