Definitionn. a painful pus filled inflammation of the tonsils and surrounding tissues
Last update: August 2, 2015
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He was attacked with quinsy, which rapidly brought about paralysis of the tongue, and he died on the 13th of September 1592, in circumstances which, as Pasquier reports them, completely disprove any intention of displaying antiChristian or anti-Catholic leanings. [Please select]
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Montaigne died of a quinsy, at the age of sixty, in 1592. [Please select]
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Happiness is sometimes very wholesome, but it does not cure a quinsy off hand. [Please select]
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But what they did tell Tom was that the quinsy had broken, on which he gave three cheers more. [Please select]
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When he had quinsy two years ago, I thought he had come to the end. [Please select]
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"What a pity he didn't die of a quinsy instead of breaking his neck." [Please select]
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He and Bert, his wife, had had one child, a girl, which had died of quinsy, and they had never had another. [Please select]
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