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  1. Quinsey: Wordnik
  2. quinsey: Wiktionary
  3. Quinsey (disambiguation): Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

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  1. quinsey: Green’s Dictionary of Slang

Definitions from Wiktionary (quinsey)

noun:  Obsolete form of quinsy. [(pathology) A peritonsillar abscess; a painful pus-filled inflammation or abscess of the tonsils and surrounding tissues, usually a complication of tonsillitis, caused by bacterial infection and often accompanied by fever.]

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