dose:

Short for: a dose-of-the-clap / a dose of pox , a venereal infection, particularly a gonorrhoeic or syphilitic infection; based on the medical sense of a quantity of something; usage dates back to the 19 ^th century. See gonorrhea and syphilis for synonyms.
See Also: abnormal bleeding, clap, the, dose, dose of clap, dose of drip, dose of the clap, dose of the drip, drip, dripper, dripsy, gonorrhea, old dose, STD

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