Wild Bill@midwest.socialM to Everett True Comics@midwest.social · 3 months agoGrippy alcohol (January 24, 1908)midwest.socialimagemessage-square20fedilinkarrow-up1100arrow-down13file-text
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minus-squarem_f@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22·3 months agoAnd here’s what Wiktionary says: Archaic spelling of grippe (“influenza”).
minus-squared00ery@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up17·edit-23 months agoI agree with that from the context. However at least this one article suggests Grip, gripe or grippe: flu (though of course the meaning of words can change many times) https://www.verywellhealth.com/outdated-disease-names-2615295
Cough or a cold
And here’s what Wiktionary says:
I agree with that from the context.
However at least this one article suggests
(though of course the meaning of words can change many times)
https://www.verywellhealth.com/outdated-disease-names-2615295