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Answer for the clue "The French taking German drink ", 4 letters:
yaws

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Word definitions for yaws in dictionaries

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ As with yaws , penicillin is the treatment of choice. ▪ The destructive lesions seen in yaws do not occur, however, and bone lesions seldom cause trouble.

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. an infectious tropical disease resembling syphilis in its early stages; marked by red skin eruptions and ulcerating lesions [syn: frambesia , framboesia ]

Usage examples of yaws.

All white men in the Solomons catch yaws, and every cut or abrasion practically means another yaw.

Malaria, malnutrition, river blindness, sleeping sickness, leishmaniasis, yaws, bilharzia, and rift valley fever were everywhere in retreat under the benign rule of the Pan-African Federation.

Toward one of the largest of them, it dips, then yaws and sideslips like a falling leaf into a paved, palm-lined courtyard where fountains play with rainbows.