quamish

American

[kwey-mish] / ˈkweɪ mɪʃ /

adjective

Chiefly Ocracoke Island.

queasy; having an upset stomach; qualmish.

Example Sentences

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Well who would not, for so much honour and respect, but now and then suffer the trouble of his wives quamish stomack with some charges to't?

From Project Gutenberg

And though you be very well and hearty, yet you must seem to be weak and quamish stomackt; for first or last the month of lying-in must be kept full out.

From Project Gutenberg

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