Death-struggle

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  1. 1
    The final throes of bodily effort before dying; agony; death throes.

    ""It will cure him if he be not dead. Swift, now! Swift! The man dies!" I glanced towards him; it was true enough, Leo was in his death-struggle."

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""It will cure him if he be not dead. Swift, now! Swift! The man dies!" I glanced towards him; it was true enough, Leo was in his death-struggle."

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