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gumboil
[ guhm-boil ]
gumboil
/ ˈɡʌ³¾ËŒ²úɔɪ±ô /
noun
- an abscess on the gums, often at the root of a decayed tooth Also calledparulis
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"Do you deny it, you miserable little gumboil? Do you plead not guilty?"
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I only thought she had been led into it by old Betty Martin—Mr. Mustard's sister—who is so ugly that it gives you a gumboil only to look at her.
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I've been young myself, and I know youth is touchy as a gumboil when it comes to love affairs.
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A rum steak—it was "rum," inflicted us with gumboils for a week.
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Grace wouldn't touch them; said she had enough pig in her system to last her ten years and she knew she'd break out in gumboils.
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