With progressive prostration (which is more marked in young infants) and with a tone to the cry which is a sort of a thin, crowing, quacky sound, points to the existence of retropharyngeal lymphadenitis.
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Quacky
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Suddenly I hear a roar like a lion then a gagging sound like someone is getting choked to death then high-pitched voices little quacky voices like the Chipmunks on the radio calling back and forth to one another Christmas Christmas time is here time for joy and time for cheer.
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The Doctor says that some of the quackiest of the quacks are in the army.
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1998 September 9, Joni Mitchell, interview quoted in 2003, Alan Hecht, Polio, page 72, I know this sounds real quacky but they did some mysterious good to the problem and I feel fine.
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