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creeping crud

creeping crud
 n.— «“Jungle rot,” “New Guinea crud” or “the creeping crud” are U.S. servicemen’s names for any & every kind of tropical skin .» —“Jungle Rot” Time Aug. 13, 1945. (: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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