http://www.englishrules.com/wotd/2006/chilblain/ Thu, 20 Oct 2011 03:24:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.englishrules.com/wotd/2006/chilblain/#comment-111 Cynthia/Mom Mon, 24 Jul 2006 08:20:32 +0000 http://www.englishrules.com/wotd/2006/07/23/chilblain/#comment-111 Hey Karl - cool word today! For years I'd seen it in older novels - - perhaps describing a condition suffered by a poor but honest character suffering harsh conditions - - but I truly never could have given a description or synonym! Now that I know the accurate meaning, I can't tell you what I must have thought it meant.... What comes to mind is "chitlins" - - which I hardly think any character in any novel would willingly wear on his or her fingers for six months.... Hey Karl – cool word today! For years I’d seen it in older novels – - perhaps describing a condition suffered by a poor but honest character suffering harsh conditions – - but I truly never could have given a description or synonym! Now that I know the accurate meaning, I can’t tell you what I must have thought it meant…. What comes to mind is “chitlins” – - which I hardly think any character in any novel would willingly wear on his or her fingers for six months….

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