Meaning of fleshquake | Babel Free

Definitions

A tremor or quiver of the body.

Examples

“Not he! beadles don't smile in public life, only when out of uniform; and as to using a handkerchief, he could not do that, unless compelled by such a fleshquake or sneeze as now shakes Mr Purkis's frame, caused by that sooty dust that pervades the church and not by damp.”

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