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Definition of Catch cold
1. Verb. Come down with a cold.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Catch Cold
Literary usage of Catch cold
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Concordance to the Works of Alexander Popeby Edwin Abbott by Edwin Abbott (1875)
"ii. щ 1'ruud to catch cold at а У. door ME iv. 36 Vengeance. And promis'd V.
on a barb'rous age D. iv. 40 Fancy restores what ? ..."
2. Two Summers in Greenland: An Artist's Adventures Among Ice and Islands, in by A[ndreas Christian] Riis Carstensen (1890)
"... fishermen —The church and the wooden buildings of the Danes—Eskimo buildings
and their inhabitants—The girls dress for a ball and catch cold— We put on ..."
3. The Law Journal Reports: New Series (1881)
"Now this is a way in which no one would treat horses if he understood anything
about them, as it was probable and almost certain that they would catch cold ..."