• Syph

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    Full definition of syph

    Noun

    syph

    (uncountable)
    1. (slang) Syphilis.
      • 1980, James Herbert, The Dark, Pan Books (1994), ISBN 9780330376204, page 229:But since Brother Martin, alias Marty Randall, had caught the syph three times in two years, his attitude had changed.
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