Meaning of churchyard cough | Babel Free
Definitions
A severe cough. (condition that causes one to cough, tendency to cough)
informal
Equivalents
Deutsch
Friedhofsjodler
Examples
“He was roused from his brief rest by a violent fit of coughing, which seemed to shake the whole system. It was one which in England is so simply, yet so emphatically, denominated a churchyard cough. It was hollow, like the echo of the grave.”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.