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I made a hearty meal, although Tom felt too qualmish to eat much, and then we both lay down with the assurance that our troubles would probably soon be over.
From On Board the Esmeralda Martin Leigh's Log - A Sea Story by Overend, William Heysham
The smell of the flat, unpalatable stuff makes you feel more qualmish than ever; the remedy is worse than the evil.
From English Pharisees and French Crocodiles and Other Anglo-French Typical Characters by O'Rell, Max
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
"I am fain to see it, for I am waundy qualmish dancing to this up-an'-down tune, wi' nought but the wind for my fiddle."
From Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 2 by Roby, John
The qualmish knave, no longer brave, Could only groan, “Not I.”
From Boys and Girls Bookshelf; a Practical Plan of Character Building, Volume I (of 17) Fun and Thought for Little Folk by Wheeler, Daniel Edwin
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