Rheumatics
[ru:'mætɪks]
Examples
- Your mother-in-law wos a-goin', Sammy, but she's got the rheumatics, and can't; and I, Sammy--I've got the two tickets as wos sent her. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- A touch of the rheumatics in my back, said the Sergeant, in a loud voice, as if he wanted some third person to hear us. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Now jump into bed again, or you'll catch the rheumatics. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
Typed by Carolyn