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There's nothing like a walk in the fresh air when the stomach is qualmish.
From The Bright Face of Danger Being an Account of Some Adventures of Henri de Launay, Son of the Sieur de la Tournoire by Stephens, Robert Neilson
But now, faced with the unpleasant part of his task, he was beginning to feel decidedly qualmish.
From Warrior of the Dawn by Browne, Howard
He seemed to be making a tremendous effort to master the qualmish feeling that had attacked him, and in this case determination won.
From Yussuf the Guide The Mountain Bandits; Strange Adventure in Asia Minor by Schonberg, John
He watched as the good ship cut the sea, And bumpishly up-and-downed, And thought if already she qualmish might be, He'd consider his happiness crowned.
From The Book of Humorous Verse by Wells, Carolyn
Stiff, qualmish, vacant of body, heart, and brain, I left my penitential boulder and crawled down to the road.
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 20 (of 25) by Stevenson, Robert Louis
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