All 5 Uses of
measles
in
Gone with the Wind
- It's going hungry, and getting the measles and pneumonia from sleeping in the wet.†
Chpt 1.6 *
- And if it ain't measles and pneumonia, it's your bowels.†
Chpt 1.6
- He had died ignominiously and swiftly of pneumonia, following measles, without ever having gotten any closer to the Yankees than the camp in South Carolina.†
Chpt 1.7
- Mrs. Bonnell's children have the measles," said Mrs. Merriwether abruptly, showing plainly that she held Mrs. Bonnell personally responsible for permitting such a thing to happen.†
Chpt 2.9
- All because Charles Hamilton had had the measles.†
Chpt 2.9
Definition:
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(measles) a highly contagious viral disease marked by distinct red spots followed by a rash; occurs primarily in children