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Lunger   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



... to anxious skepticism and then to agonized conviction. It was the first time he had ever faced any disagreeable fact in life from which there was no appeal, and he cried out in passionate protest. If he was a "lunger" he wanted to die as soon as possible. He hated those wheezy chaps that went coughing through life, avoiding draughts, and trying to keep their feet dry. If he was going to die, he wanted to do it ...
— Calvary Alley • Alice Hegan Rice



Words linked to "Lunger" :   consumptive, sick person, sufferer



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