"catch-coldy" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1884, William Blackwood & Sons, “The Baby's Grandmother.— Part V”, in Blackwood's Edinburgh magazine, page 339:",
          "text": "\"I am different. I am not a catch-coldy person, and I have a thicker mop of hair,\" said Lady Matilda frankly. \"Besides which, I don't know that you ever saw me sitting out of doors in a sharp frost with a bare head.\"",
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          "ref": "1898, Unattributed, “The late Mr. I. D. Walker.”, in Country Life, page 44:",
          "text": "Cricket on the whole has been interesting to watch, and the grounds are hard and fast, but the northerly direction of the wind has made it catch-coldy work in the pavilion. We are still expecting summer.",
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          "ref": "1919, Johnston, Harry Hamilton, Sir, 1858-1927, “VIII Paul's Love Story”, in The Gay-Dombeys; a novel, page 106:",
          "text": "Have you taken plenty of camphor pillules? Because Russia in this transition month is very catch-coldy. I hope you've remembered goloshes ?",
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          "ref": "1926, violet hunt, i have this to say: the story of my flurried years, page 274:",
          "text": "Yes, though I had known him since I was a child, and he was grey then, I supposed him not more than seventy at the very most, delicate and catch-coldy because of his foreign birth.",
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        "Prone to catching colds or particularly susceptible to illness during cold weather."
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        "(dated, colloquial) Prone to catching colds or particularly susceptible to illness during cold weather."
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