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carbuncle

noun as in abscess

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noun as in a kind of gemstone

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But he had hard luck, too, for another carbuncle developed at Melbourne and kept him laid up for nearly a week.

It was the flash of the great carbuncle, and the stars seen through it were as if dyed in blood.

The sun struck it, and made the engraved carbuncle shine dully red.

It happened that Mre Jupillon had trouble with her leg—a carbuncle that prevented her from walking for nearly eighteen months.

This story of the carbuncle reminds us of Hawthorne's story on the same subject.

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On this page you'll find 13 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to carbuncle, such as: boil, pimple, and sore.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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