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Definition
an acute and highly contagious viral disease marked by distinct red spots followed by a rash; occurs primarily in children
- You'll cook his Cream of Wheat, launder his handkerchiefs and bear his children, though of course the children will all have measles at one time or another, which is a nuisance.2.4 — Part 2 Chapter 4 (34% in)
- She would cook his breakfast, even though they had a maid; she would prepare his favorite dish—French pancakes, the kind he had liked so much when he was nine years old and sick with the measles.4.7 — Part 4 Chapter 7 (21% in)
- All the conventional things, I suppose, everybody goes through them, like measles.4.10 — Part 4 Chapter 10 (60% in)
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