A hacking cough. Derivation thought to stem from the abnormaly high level of smog in the small town with equally poor football team of the same name.
My grandad smoked 80 a day and worked in an Asbestos factory, he develped quite a Middlesbrough accent in later years, i can tell you.
by DansG November 14, 2006
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