Derbyshire neck

noun

Derbyshire neck

noun
1

UK, Archaic goitre

  • It is contained in a letter from near Wirksworth, in Derbyshire, of which the following is a copy:--Dear Sir, Idiotism and the Derbyshire neck prevail much in the small village of Ireton-wood, near to where I reside; there are very few females free from the full neck, and as many as seven or eight Idiots.1824, Memoirs of the Literary and Philosophical Society of Manchester, volume 4:

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