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Covent Garden ague

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Covent Garden ague rate
(Adult / Slang)
Obsolete term for a venereal disease, particularly gonorrhea and its burning pain. Quote: Captain Francis Grose, Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue (1811): ' He broke his skins against Covent Garden rails; he caught the venereal disorder.'

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