How To Use Croup In A Sentence

`A lot of young ones come down with the croup from time to time. LASTING TREASURES
'I got frightened at the idea of croup, and cross-questioned him to discover if my trots were among the sufferers, but he shook his head. "Carrots": Just a Little Boy
It chiefly differs in the croup being blue instead of snow-white; but as Mr. Blyth informs me, the tint varies, being sometimes albescent. The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication, Vol. I.
Being in critique croups and entering contests and getting rejections often makes me doubt my writing. Writer Unboxed » Blog Archive » New Year’s Resolutions
No, Sed, I's 'fraid you might git the croups an' die. Plantation Sketches

Here it is used for "croupade," "a high curvet in which the hind legs are brought up under the belly of the horse" (_N. The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 2
If you are not able to break your child's fast breathing and croupy cough, call your child's doctor or seek medical attention as soon as possible.
The croupier slid the card from the shoe and turned it face up. ALASTAIR MCLEAN'S 'NIGHT WATCH'
Tertiary colleges have closed regular courses to train croupiers and dealers for the casinos.
_The course of croupous pneumonia_ is typical, and unless it terminates fatally in the first stage, the periods of congestion, hepatization and resolution follow each other in regular manner. Common Diseases of Farm Animals
Natalie's ashy face and the word croup, acted like a talisman. Isabel Leicester A Romance by Maude Alma
Then when Zoe had croup or the nanny got sick and I was forced to stay at home, I fretted all day to get to work. LOST CHILDREN
Routine treatment for croup was commenced with budesonide nebulisers, oral dexamethasone and adrenaline nebulisers.
He probably expected me to spring from the ground with the activity which these Borderers have, by constant practice, acquired in everything relating to horsemanship; but as I stood irresolute, he extended his hand, and grasping mine, bid me place my foot on the toe of his boot, and thus raised me in a trice to the croupe of his horse. Redgauntlet
Then when Zoe had croup or the nanny got sick and I was forced to stay at home, I fretted all day to get to work. LOST CHILDREN
We place our bets and the croupier spun the roulette wheel.
The croupier dealt each player a card, face down.
Sir Launcelot not refusing them but made him ready, with one spear he smote them down both over their horses 'croups; and so Sir Launcelot rode his way. Le Morte Darthur: Sir Thomas Malory's Book of King Arthur and of his Noble Knights of the Round Table, Volume 1
Surveillance, security, croupiers, inspectors and pit bosses are all on the look-out for regulars who get desperate.
The swords often descend upon the horses 'croups, where they drink and feast upon their blood; their riders strike them upon the flanks until at last they kill them both. Four Arthurian Romances
Many of the best physicians of the day consider true or membranous croup to be due to this diphtheritic membranous disease thus located in the larynx or trachea. Searchlights on Health The Science of Eugenics
Graham did it and the croupier then placed the deck in the shoe, face down. ALASTAIR MCLEAN'S 'NIGHT WATCH'
Then when Zoe had croup or the nanny got sick and I was forced to stay at home, I fretted all day to get to work. LOST CHILDREN
The _crouptière_ and _estival_, together with the _chanfron_, were of the most costly description. Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 1 (of 2)
Then when Zoe had croup or the nanny got sick and I was forced to stay at home, I fretted all day to get to work. LOST CHILDREN
It was early admitted that certain cases of so-called membranous croup in children occurred after or while other members of the family or household had diphtheria; and for a time the opposing camps used such words as "sporadic" or scattered croup, which was supposed to come of itself, and "epidemic" or contagious croup, which was diphtheria. Preventable Diseases
In 2003 he headbutted a French policeman after getting into a fight with a casino croupier.
Certain infections in children, most notably croup and epiglottitis, can also cause airway obstruction.
Laryngeal symptoms (hoarseness, croupiness, etcetera) may be due to digital or instrumental efforts at the removal of a foreign body that never was present. Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery
Adults may simply have a cold with laryngitis, but children may develop croup.
About four days later a similar child was admitted with identical symptoms of croup.
Adults may simply have a cold with laryngitis, but children may develop croup.
His South African father urges him to take a job as a croupier in an opulent casino.
In addition to the effects on the upper airway, the infections that cause croup can result in inflammation further down the airway, including the bronchi (breathing tubes) and the lungs.
I only hope that my practical advice and the little medicine I could give them relieved some of their backaches and sideaches, their felons, croups, and fevers and agues, and above all, their indigestion, which is the prevailing trouble in that section of the country. Unknown Mexico, Volume 1 (of 2) A Record of Five Years' Exploration Among the Tribes of the Western Sierra Madre; In the Tierra Caliente of Tepic and Jalisco; and Among the Tarascos of Michoacan
Sure we could work there as croupiers, waiters, dealers, busboys, janitors and all, but we weren't allowed to gamble.
Some viruses that cause pneumonia are adenoviruses, rhinovirus, influenza virus, respiratory syncytial virus, and parainfluenza virus (the virus that causes croup).
And the curvets, caprioles, croupades, done by the horsemen of the Cadre Noir, in the saddle or working the horse in hand, have hardly changed since the carousels performed to music by Lully before the Sun King.
The room was empty apart from a big table set for nine diners in the centre, and on the back wall, a croupier and his gaming table.
To make matters worse, his casino in Manchester runs into a spot of trouble with a high-roller and a corrupt croupier.
Books preserve, daintily, the redolence of their first reading—the beach, that apartment, that attack of croup, that flight to Indonesia. The Joy of Reading 'Pinocchio'—On Paper
A divided drove of branded cattle passed the windows, lowing, slouching by on padded hoofs, whisking their tails slowly on their clotted bony croups. Ulysses
Child doesn't urinate for eight to 12 hours Child doesn't drink Child loses fluids through vomiting or diarrhea Child has sunken eyes or "doughy" skin that doesn't return to normal when pinched Child is not behaving normally, is unusually lethargic or irritable CoughsA cough that appears only at night, especially if it sounds like barking, could be a sign of croup. Special Issue: How Kids Grow Calling The Doctor
You have to make a choice in life: be a gambler or a croupier - and live with your decision.
Most of the articles evaluated in this review used the Westley croup scoring system to measure symptoms.
It is called "false" croup, because "true" croup is always diphtheritic and is a very serious disease. The Eugenic Marriage, Volume IV. (of IV.) A Personal Guide to the New Science of Better Living and Better Babies
Inspiratory stridor, with or without intercostal recession, pallor, with or without cyanosis with cough and "croupy" voice. Chapter 7
`A lot of young ones come down with the croup from time to time. LASTING TREASURES
A pillion is a sort of a very low-backed arm-chair, and was fastened on the horse's croup, behind the saddle, on which a man rode who had all the care of managing the horse, while the lady sat at her ease, supporting herself by grasping a belt which he wore, or passing her arm around his body, if the _gentleman was not too ticklish_. The Arabian Art of Taming and Training Wild and Vicious Horses
Bronchitis and croup (infection of the airways) always involve a hacking, barking cough.
I was reminded of corrupt croupiers in casinos, manipulating the roulette wheel with subtle pressure on a button on the floor with their foot, or on the edge of the table with their belly.
Most children with croup get better without problems.
At first doctors there thought he had croup and treated him with steroids but a CT scan revealed tumours on his lungs.
Then getting upon the animal with more alacrity and haste than could have been anticipated from his years, he lost no time in so disposing of the skirts of his gabardine as to conceal completely from observation the burden which he had thus deposited “en croupe”. Ivanhoe
The fun casino night will be run by fully trained croupiers and dealers and will feature full size roulette and blackjack tables.
And she neither saw his signals nor heard them, though he arranged both the stove and the table to warn her that something had happened, and coughed croupily till Barber told him roughly to shut up. The Rich Little Poor Boy
The first objection was overruled, and the other removed by our engaging to take the boy _en croupe_ by turns. Rambles in the Islands of Corsica and Sardinia with Notices of their History, Antiquities, and Present Condition.
The powerful, level back slopes downward at the croup.
Having the child breathe in the moist air through his mouth will sometimes break a croup attack.
The central courtyard of Mr. Croup and Mr. Vandemar's hospital was a dank and cheerless place. NEVERWHERE
The following treatment has been found very effectual in membranous croup, and is recommended by the highest authorities: Yellow subsulphate of mercury, or turpeth mineral, three to five grains, depending upon the age of the child, for one dose. The People's Common Sense Medical Adviser in Plain English or, Medicine Simplified, 54th ed., One Million, Six Hundred and Fifty Thousand
They are responsible not just for coughing and sniffling, but also for sore throat, croup, pharyngitis, laryngitis and bronchitis.
These types of virus do not always cause the breathing difficulties associated with croup.
The peripneumony is very fatal to young children, especially as I believe it is frequently mistaken for a spasmodic asthma, or for the croup, or cynanche trachealis of Cullen. Zoonomia, Vol. II Or, the Laws of Organic Life
Originally, the school was formed in the 18th Century to hone the skills of cavalry men, but has gone on to evolve dressage into ‘Haute Ecole’, a style which requires the horsemen to move in intricate formation with their beautiful high-stepping Lipizzaners performing such balletic movements as pirouettes, croupades and ballotades.
If your child starts to make louder croupy noises when he or she breathes, try the following measures.
There is no slope or angle to the croup.
Bronchiolitis was the most common diagnosis, followed by pneumonia and croup.
The _crouptière_ and _estival_, together with the _chanfron_, were of the most costly description. Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 1 (of 2)
The croupier raked in the dead chips, leaving the American's bet. THE COMPANY OF STRANGERS
Children younger than 3 years of age have croup most often because their windpipes are narrow - some children have it practically every time they have a respiratory illness.
`A lot of young ones come down with the croup from time to time. LASTING TREASURES
The elephants feeling their croups stung by the arrows began to gallop more quickly; a great dust enveloped them, and they vanished like shadows in a cloud. Salammbo
The oldest two, Elizabeth and Nina, died as infants, one from the croup, the other from fever.
The Casino is a bizarre little place, with a single room with a handful of mah-jong and craps tables, as well as a bevvy of bored Chinese croupiers outnumbering gamblers ten to one.
I don't know nothing about no herbs, they used for diseases; only boneset and hoarhound tea for colds and croup. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 3
They had raided three gambling joints but had, curiously, left five much more prosperous ones untouched even though they were on the same floor of the same tenement and he could hear the click of mah-jong tiles and the cries of the fan-tan croupiers. Noble House
Bacterial tracheitis (also called pseudomembranous croup) is an uncommon infection that usually occurs in children and has a severe, rapidly progressive course.
Besides all this, they had valorously mounted en croupe behind the ghostly horseman of Prague, through all his seven translators, and followed the footsteps of Moor through the forest of Bohemia. Waverley
Steam often helps children with mild cases of croup to breathe easier.
In children with croup, viral infection causes this area to become inflamed and edematous, which can lead to obstruction.
It is specific for asthma and oppressed breathing, hiccup, whooping cough, spasmodic croup, tetanus, hydrophobia, hysteria paroxysms and hysterical convulsions.
The horse was still sporting several bald patches due to a skin rash that has clustered near his flank, croup, and hip, but the condition has had no impact on his training.
Cases of fatal croup still occasionally occur which cannot be directly traced to other cases of diphtheria, but the vast majority of them are clearly traceable to infection, usually from some case in another child, which was so mild that it was not recognized as diphtheria until the baby became "croupy" and search was made through the family throats for the bacilli. Preventable Diseases
The girl can't seem to stay awake and her breathing sounds raspy, like she might have croup or cholera - both childhood illnesses.
One mother of a croupy child remembered that she made a night-time house call on a cold January evening (Dr. Reyersbach was a terrible driver) simply because "I know it's very scary. We Remember - Gertrud C. Reyersbach, 1907 - 1999
For newborns, colds can quickly develop into croup, pneumonia or another serious illness.
The spotlight event was an exhibition of cadenced, old-school courbettes, croupades and caprioles, all of them stylizations of the leaping, twisting, fighting and frolicking of high-spirited horses in pasture.
Membranous croup, which is the same thing as diphtheria of the larynx. The Care and Feeding of Children A Catechism for the Use of Mothers and Children's Nurses
Come hither, and I will show thee in this platterful of fair fountain-water thy future wife lechering and sercroupierizing it with two swaggering ruffians, one after another. Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel
Adenovirus often affects the lower respiratory tract as well, causing bronchiolitis, croup, or viral pneumonia, which is less common but can cause serious illness in infants.
There is a brazen, barking, "croupy" cough in spasmodic croup. The Mother and Her Child
`A lot of young ones come down with the croup from time to time. LASTING TREASURES
The same virus that can cause croup also causes the flu and common cold.
In a heap of croups and legs and steaming bellies, one of the postboys was buried, his boots in the air. The Queen Pedauque
A "croupy" child should be carefully shielded from all physical excitation, sudden waking from sleep, and any punishment that tends to awaken intense fear or terror. Hygienic Physiology : with Special Reference to the Use of Alcoholic Drinks and Narcotics
Length in the neck, shoulder, forearm, croup, and from hip to hock helps a horse take longer strides for his size.
By midnight, when I slipped in to push a little more Tyelnol into her sleeping mouth, she was not so hot, and her room was the perfect oasis for a croupy child - cool, but nor cold, and as moist as a rainforest. Archive 2008-01-01
It happened, on one occasion, when a nursery-servant of ours was waiting in her anteroom for the purpose of taking her turn in consulting the prophetess professionally, that she had witnessed a scene of consternation and unaffected maternal grief in this Hungarian lady upon the sudden seizure of her son, a child of four or five years old, by a spasmodic inflammation of the throat (since called croup) peculiar to children, and in those days not very well understood by medical men. Narrative and Miscellaneous Papers — Volume 1
If you go into a casino, the croupier is trained to get the chips down the hole as fast as possible and get onto the next game, it's all about getting as much money and the slot machines are designed like that as well.
It seems that a chief, conspicuous from his glittering armour and steel head-piece, mounted on a powerful horse with an armed footman behind him, attracted the notice of the Goorkhas by the cool manner in which he rode up to within a distance of about eighty yards, delivered his fire, then galloped away out of gunshot to allow the gentleman "en croupe" to reload. A Peep into Toorkisthhan
Other diagnoses of similar symptoms might be croup, a foreign object in the throat, or other non-serious causes of swelling of the epiglottis.
I work nights - in a news bureau, as a croupier in a nightclub, as a waitress.
Gertie opened her mouth to say that the croup was a disease Amos had caught, but tramped on her tongue in time. The Dollmaker
He spurred the snorting and reluctant horse into the torrent, though the water, rising high on the upper side, broke both over the pommel and the croupe of his saddle. Saint Ronan's Well
At least 90% of children with cough have a respiratory tract infection such as a cold, croup, bronchitis, bronchiolitis, whooping cough, or pneumonia.
Another hotel did have an opening, as a croupier, and he entered the world of the gaming industry, where he was to be a player for the next 35 years.
I dread the warm season on account of its summer-complaints; and the cold for its croups, scarlet fevers, measles, and whooping cough. Hubert's Wife A Story for You
The great majority of cases of the so - called croup are simply cases of spasm of the glottis. Hygienic Physiology : with Special Reference to the Use of Alcoholic Drinks and Narcotics
Mr. Vandemar was trussing Door's arms, while Mr. Croup stood and watched. NEVERWHERE
While the birth of a child is often a special time for families for women it is also a time characterised by colic, croup, cracked nipples, six feeds a day and sheer physical exhaustion.
She was in the last extremity with diphtheritic croup. Doctor Jones' Picnic
èclaircissement, explanation, declaration. eilding, fuel. empressement, eagerness. en croupe, behind the saddle. enfant trouvè, foundling. es spuckt do it haunts there. et puis, and then. ex cathedra, from the chair; with authority. exorciso te, I exorcise thee. Glossary
Over 60 percent of the casino employees, including food and beverage workers, croupiers, housekeepers, store personnel and security staff, were involved.
They had come from a part of the interior where the disease called croup occasionally prevails. Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa
It's the shinning light in all the coughing, sleepiness, and croupiness. Why I know I should really be a fifties housewife
It happened, on one occasion, when a nursery-servant of ours was waiting in her anteroom for the purpose of taking her turn in consulting the prophetess professionally, that she had witnessed a scene of consternation and unaffected maternal grief in this Hungarian lady upon the sudden seizure of her son, a child of four or five years old, by a spasmodic inflammation of the throat (since called croup), peculiar to children, and in those days not very well understood by medical men. The Uncollected Writings of Thomas de Quincey, Vol. 2 With a Preface and Annotations by James Hogg
Babes in the Wood _en croupe_; and the bewitchingest Queen of Hearts coquets the Great Panjandrum himself "with the little round button at top" -- a land, in short, of the most kindly and light-hearted fancies, of the freshest and breeziest and healthiest types -- which is the land of De Libris: Prose and Verse
Diagnosis was delayed with epiglottitis considered only after standard treatment for croup resulted in no clinical improvement.
She thrust the customary tip towards the croupier with a slip of paper wrapped around a plaque.
“Well, I am willing to venture the wine; or, I will bet you ten pieces to five, that I carry your portmanteau on my croupe, and out-trot you into the bargain.” Rob Roy
When the chips in front of the man were gone he said to the croupier, `I... I would like to sign for another pile of chips. A KNIFE BETWEEN THE RIBS
This table is covered with a fine grass mat and surrounded on three sides with benches for the players, while on the fourth side sit the croupier and the banker or shroff. Life and sport in China Second Edition
So he takes a job as a croupier at a casino - something he has done before in South Africa.
Maybe he could have been tamed in other circumstances, but working as a croupier in a casino in the Bahamas was just about the worst combination.
I did not feel at all comfortable, for I'd rather be talking over the cross-door to any old woman about her chickens, or settling the price of a bonham, or lecturing about the measles and the croup, than conversing with the grandest people of the land. My New Curate
They are responsible not just for coughing and sniffling, but also for sore throat, croup, pharyngitis, laryngitis and bronchitis.
This past week, however, the three-year-old came downstairs one morning, sat on the step to play, and started to cough a new, nasty, croupy cough. Dr. G : Why You Should Practice Emergency Preparedness With Your Kids
He did not object; but asked if we were free from small-pox, diphtheritis, croup, measles, scarlet-fever, whooping-cough, and such like maladies in our country at present. Dr. Dumany's Wife
With well-timed croupe the nimble coursers veer; Childe Harold's Pilgrimage
A 16 month old child presented with a history of recurrent croup-like illness with 6 episodes from 4 months of age.
What we call manna croup is also used in a variety of ways. Fred Markham in Russia The Boy Travellers in the Land of the Czar
What the stout old lady who showed us the "relics of old Guy" in 1847 called "Guy's breastplate," and sometimes his helmet! is the "croupe" of Notes and Queries, Number 42, August 17, 1850
The courbette, capriole, croupade, and levade are actually cavalry moves.
To make matters worse, his casino in Manchester runs into a spot of trouble with a high-roller and a corrupt croupier.
As far as the croup itself is concerned it may be treated as for laryngitis. The Dictionary of Modern Herbalism
Another round of croupy business, followed a week later by a nasty, congested, coughing cold, and now, that cold has morphed. Archive 2008-01-01
Having a parched nose and throat may lower resistance to colds, croup, sinusitis and respiratory problems.
All I can think about when I hear the word croup is that scene from Anne of Green Gables, when she saves Diana's sister. Good Guests / Bad Guests
A 21-month-old, previously healthy girl presented initially with a generalized rash and nonproductive cough, which progressively became croupy with moderate stridor.
The characteristic barking cough of croup is uncommon in epiglottitis and, in cases of croup, the epiglottis is not as inflamed and edematous.
However, this was a casino with a difference - we were playing with pretend money and getting helpful tips from every one of the four professional croupiers collecting our stakes.
Mysie Happer made no answer; but blushing scarlet betwixt joy and shame, mutely expressed her willingness to accompany the Southron Knight, by knitting her bundle closer, and preparing to resume her seat en croupe. The Monastery
The doctor said that "croup" is actually a catch-all for any illness that comes with a barky cough, and that his version seems quite mild, though he has lost his voice .... which for my little chatty Nancy is pretty traumatic. Day in the Life of an Idiot
It seemed as though dozens of men were snoring at the same time, and that some of them were dangerously "croupy," for they choked and gulped, and every now and then one would have nightmare and groan and yell until some one would tell him to "shut up," or perhaps say something funny about him to the others. Army Letters from an Officer's Wife, 1871-1888
Children who are born prematurely or who have a history of lung disease, such as asthma, may develop severe breathing difficulties if they get croup.
In children, fever associated with dyspnea usually implies an infectious cause, such as pneumonia, croup, or bronchiolitis.
The foals bear his unmistakable stamp; an elegant neck and head, good bone, round croup with a full hip and low tail set and a straight forward, suspended movement.
I forget the exact place, but the lowlight came when a roulette croupier stopped all bets before I had put down all of my chips, which wouldn't have been so bad except that I was the only one at the table.
_true_ or _membranous_ croup, in which a false, semi-organized membrane is formed, and _spasmodic croup_. The People's Common Sense Medical Adviser in Plain English or, Medicine Simplified, 54th ed., One Million, Six Hundred and Fifty Thousand
The central courtyard of Mr. Croup and Mr. Vandemar's hospital was a dank and cheerless place. NEVERWHERE
Pneumonia, diarrhoea and croup are the other major complications precipitated by measles, which contribute to increased mortality.
Ballotade is similar to croupade but differs in the fact that the horse, when pulling his hind legs under, turns his hooves so, that his hind shoes can be seen from behind.
The croupier wished him luck and spun the wheel.
_Dix francs, et je ferai fortune -- dix francs, et je ferai fortune_ --" The old words seemed to set themselves to a tune in Madelon's head, chiming in with the croupier's perpetual "_Rouge gagne et la couleur_, My Little Lady

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