megrim

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"Mother has a megrim," she said; "she is in her chamber."

From Come Rack! Come Rope! by Benson, Robert Hugh

The least depression such as comes with headaches, megrim, or moodiness may have the worst effect, or even make their use quite impossible.

From How to Sing [Meine Gesangskunst] by Aldrich, Richard

Among others are these words: chapellin', chanch, coxy, corchey, dawnin', fettle, franzy, gell, megrim, nattering, nesh, overrun, queechy, plash.

From George Eliot; a Critical Study of Her Life, Writings & Philosophy by Cooke, George Willis

I'll be all right to-morrow, and I'll enjoy to-morrow all the more for to-day's megrim.

From The Inventions of the Idiot by Bangs, John Kendrick

"Mr. Manners was in Derby, and Mrs. Manners had a megrim."

From Come Rack! Come Rope! by Benson, Robert Hugh