Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun One that lunges.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who lunges or thrusts.
- noun One who comes to a climatic resort on account of his lungs; a consumptive.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun informal a person with pulmonary tuberculosis.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A person who
lunges . - noun slang A person afflicted with a
disease of thelungs , especially one suffering fromtuberculosis .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun someone who moves forward suddenly (as in fencing)
- noun a person with pulmonary tuberculosis
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Examples
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David never saw their tiny spark of a light spring out against the dark of the gathering gloom that he did not make a wish that the "lunger" might be a good deal better the next day.
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If he was a "lunger" he wanted to die as soon as possible.
Calvary Alley Alice Caldwell Hegan Rice 1906
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"'Pears like that young' lunger 'ain't goin' to forgit you if he can help it."
The Forester's Daughter A Romance of the Bear-Tooth Range Hamlin Garland 1900
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"lunger" out here, and I didn't relish the idea of sleeping in a tuberculous bed.
The Prairie Wife Arthur Stringer 1912
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"lunger" from Iowa, a fairly nice little chap, and entirely suited to his duties under any other circumstances than those which prevailed in Mexico at that time.
The Mucker Edgar Rice Burroughs 1912
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"lunger," so thin and small were his hands and arms.
Cavanaugh: Forest Ranger A Romance of the Mountain West Hamlin Garland 1900
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As it came out, it was a double lunger and the deer dropped at 70 yards but the arrow never made it through to the opposite side.
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"Oh, I'm a lunger," Brissenden announced, offhand, a little later, having already stated that he came from Arizona.
Chapter 31 2010
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Charles Bertram/Lexington Herald-Leader/ZUMA Press Kenny Geisler of the U.S. rode Jacadi de Rox as lunger Julie Young led the horse around the arena during the test.
Holy Horseback! 2010
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As it came out, it was a double lunger and the deer dropped at 70 yards but the arrow never made it through to the opposite side.
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