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from The Century Dictionary.
- Causing pain in the joints.
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When the poor emaciated wrecks of manhood have to obey the calls of Nature, they must either wallow in their own filth or stagger a few paces from their wet beds on the slimy soil to deposit more germs of disease and death on the surface already reeking with ghastly, joint-racking rheums.
History of the Gatling Gun Detachment John Henry Parker
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