dyspepsy

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Aunt Margery "knew where sour grass grew, which you chew for dyspepsy, and mint, excellent for the naushy, and the slippery elm . . . for raw throat and other sore tishas."

From Time Magazine Archive

That teller never quit thinkin' of his dyspepsy, but chucked the stuff right over the counter.

From Mr. Scraggs by Phillips, Henry Wallace

I've got a touch o' dyspepsy, Louisianny," he said, "an' the knockin' hes kinder giv me a headache.

From Louisiana by Burnett, Frances Hodgson

"An' if ye eat too much it only brings on the dyspepsy."

From From Farm to Fortune or Nat Nason's Strange Experience by Alger, Horatio

"Now don't go eatin' sausages without bread, if you don't want 'em to give you dyspepsy," said Mrs. Aleshine, who was tugging at a submarine pocket.

From The Casting Away of Mrs. Lecks and Mrs. Aleshine by Stockton, Frank Richard