fleshquake

noun

fleshquake

noun

Etymology From flesh + quake.

1

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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