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lurgy
/ˈlɜː(ɹ)ɡi/
noun 2
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3ADJ.
kind, perennial
VERB + LURGY
dodge, dreaded
LURGY + NOUN
shrug
Definitions
noun
1
A fictitious, highly infectious disease; sometimes as a reference to flu-like symptoms.
the dreaded lurgy
He was helped, of course, by his presentational skills, still present here despite a sore throat and what seemed to be a spot of the perennial conference lurgy.
2
Any uncategorised disease with symptoms similar to a cold or flu that renders one unable to work.
Blocked nose, watering eyes, a sore throat – the signs of a cold are all too familiar. Here are seven ways to dodge the lurgy, or shrug it off sooner[.]
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the dreaded lurgy
Wiktionary02
He was helped, of course, by his presentational skills, still present here despite a sore throat and what seemed to be a spot of the perennial conference lurgy.
Wiktionary03
Blocked nose, watering eyes, a sore throat – the signs of a cold are all too familiar. Here are seven ways to dodge the lurgy, or shrug it off sooner[.]
Wiktionary04
Tom's caught some kind of lurgy.
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