Meanings
- obsoleteuncountableA febrile disease characterized by dyspnea and bronchitis, caused by inhaling dust or mold.
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Twenty or thirty years ago, it was a common practice for the weavers and spinners to be called from their proper occupations to assist in "blending," as the term is, and this without any remuneration, excepting a largess of beer to allay their thirst, and fortify them against the shoddy fever; thus these men had not such a direct interest in the work as to induce, or such an aptitude for it, as to enable them to do it well.
1860, The history of the shoddy-trade: its rise, progress, and present position, page 61
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shoddy fever. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shoddy%20fever
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