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Definition of Gumboils
1. gumboil [n] - See also: gumboil
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gumboils
Literary usage of Gumboils
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Complete Confectioner, Or, Housekeeper's Guide: To a Simple and Speedy by Hannah Glasse, Maria Wilson (1800)
"... To make Lady Leicester s hollow gumboils. Take the white of three eggs, squeeze
in the juice of a lemon, and the peel grated in; with a whisk beat it up ..."
2. The Practical Teacher by Joseph Hughes (1883)
"gumboils frequently arise in connection with an aphthous condition, ...
gumboils frequently accompany toothache. The acuteness of the pain of this agonising ..."
3. The Medical Times and Gazette (1879)
"Corresponding with the place forthe two upper central incisors, there were
two "gumboils," the size of large peas; that on the left side was the more ..."
4. We and Our Children by Woods Hutchinson (1911)
"We are quite sure, because we have suffered from toothache and had gumboils and
cavities come in our teeth, that there is something peculiarly rotten in ..."
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