megrim

Example Sentences

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

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

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

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

The late Dr. Monro asserted in his lectures, that he cured the hemicrania, or megrim, by a strong vomit, and a brisk purge immediately after it.

From Zoonomia, Vol. II Or, the Laws of Organic Life by Darwin, Erasmus

Bartley Fallon: And a sort of a megrim in my head, the same as a sheep would get a fit of staggers in a field.

From New Irish Comedies by Gregory, Lady

Why should she learn it is the correct thing to say she is not at home when she is, or that she is suffering from a foolish megrim when she isn't?

From Mrs. Geoffrey by Duchess