Crossword-Solution: CHEADLE 7 letters, 3 clues 🏆 scrabble score: 13

Tinea nodosa is a name given by Morris and Cheadle to a case of nodular growth on the beard and whiskers of a young man.

There was an Old Person of Cheadle, Was put in the stocks by the beadle; For stealing some pigs, Some coats, and some wigs, That horrible Person of Cheadle.

Two of the men coughed and hesitated before saying: "Very sorry, Mr Poulter, but Christmas coming and all that, sir--" "I understand," sighed the dancing-master sympathetically; he then turned to the tallest of the three to ask: "And you, Mr Cheadle?" "What a question to ask a cornet-player!" replied Mr Cheadle, as he undid his overcoat to reveal a much worn evening suit, together with a frayed, soiled shirt.

The screen was arranged so that she and Cheadle, the cornet-player, would be in full sight of the dancers; the three musicians not in evening dress were hidden behind the screen.

Soon after the dancing started, Mr Cheadle brought from a pocket a greasy pack of cards, at which he and the two musicians who had arrived with him began to play at farthing "Nap," a game which the most difficult passages of their performance did not interrupt, each card-player somehow contriving to play almost directly it came to his turn.