summer complaint
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of summer complaint
An Americanism dating back to 1840–50
Example Sentences
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After a few more summer complaint speeches agin that Horrible!
From Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 22, August 27, 1870 by Various
For a patient with summer complaint, flavor by boiling a stick of cinnamon in it.
From The Easiest Way in Housekeeping and Cooking Adapted to Domestic Use or Study in Classes by Campbell, Helen
One of the children too has been troubled with the "summer complaint" for a day or two; but he thinks that a dose of catnip, under Providence, will effect a cure.
From Dream Life A Fable Of The Seasons by Mitchell, Donald Grant
It is often moaned out when the child is ill with "summer complaint" or other intestinal disturbances.
From The Mother and Her Child by Sadler, William S.
Heretofore the baby has been expected to cry and to have summer complaint before anybody worried about the treatment it received.
From Civics and Health by Allen, William H.
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