Meanings
nounfleshquake (plural fleshquakes)
plural fleshquakes
- A tremor or quiver of the body.
Not he! beadles don't smile in public life, only when out of uniform; and as to using a handkerchief, he could not do that, unless compelled by such a fleshquake or sneeze as now shakes Mr Purkis's frame, caused by that sooty dust that pervades the church and not by damp.
1877, George Manville Fenn, A little world, volume 3, page 260
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APA
fleshquake. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fleshquake
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“fleshquake.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fleshquake. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fleshquake,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fleshquake.
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