vomito
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of vomito
1825–35; < Spanish vómito < Latin vomitus ( see vomitus)
Example Sentences
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A fortnight later a farmer reached the hospital spewing vomito negro�once a recognized sign of yellow jack.
From Time Magazine Archive
The smell of the vomito negro fills the passenger cabin.
From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston
The airsickness bag fills up to the brim with a substance known as the vomito negro, or the black vomit.
From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston
Led off the scent by it, the idiots will not suspect what is the matter with the man until the vomito negro declares itself.
From A Desperate Voyage by Knight, Edward Frederick
He had a cigar factory in Havana, and was robbed by his partner while he himself was lying sick with the vomito.
From Stories by Foreign Authors: Polish, Greek, Belgian, Hungarian by Sienkiewicz, Henryk
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