rachitic
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A sequence of rachitic little drawings by Tracey Emin – whose monoprints are so ubiquitous as to have become museum wallpaper – cannot compete with those of her heroine, Louise Bourgeois.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 23, 2012
In an industry that lost $200 million on passenger service in 1968, horror stories of unconscionable service and rachitic equipment are a valuable asset.
From Time Magazine Archive
The only power a President had in that emergency was to ring a gong, then wait while workmen hurried to the basement and jiggled the rachitic machinery back into motion.
From Time Magazine Archive
A frail, rachitic tyke of a play, with barely enough clothes to cover it, The Male Animal manages to captivate by its impish tongue and winning smile.
From Time Magazine Archive
C. was four years old when she entered, with every symptom of confirmed rachitic cretinism.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 01, No. 04, February, 1858 by Various
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