Definitions
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- adjective Consumptive, phthisical.
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- adjective Alternative form of
phthisicky .
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Examples
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"I see -- and I am _tisicky_, too, and must have fresh air; so, old chap, if you'll take me in, I'm yours."
Bessie's Fortune A Novel Mary Jane Holmes 1866
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