gurry-sores

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A man, in half-bared arms dotted about the wrists with remnants of what they call gurry-sores, stood at the water's edge, waiting to lend a hand.

Sweetapple Cove George van Schaick
a "blooded Banker"; the affliction of gurry-sores being the mark of the caste that claimed him.

Captains Courageous Rudyard Kipling 1900