- a variation of dyspepsia.
dyspepsy
Example Sentences
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Aunt Margery "knew where sour grass grew, which you chew for dyspepsy, and mint, excellent for the naushy, and the slippery elm . . . for raw throat and other sore tishas."
From Time Magazine Archive
"Now don't go eatin' sausages without bread, if you don't want 'em to give you dyspepsy," said Mrs. Aleshine, who was tugging at a submarine pocket.
From The Casting Away of Mrs. Lecks and Mrs. Aleshine by Frank Richard Stockton
Pickles and hot biscuit and cheese—and groaning all the time, and saying nobody knowed what dyspepsy was till they'd had it.
From Hildegarde's Holiday a story for girls by Josephine Bruce
Thoroughwort is excellent for dyspepsy, and every disorder occasioned by indigestion.
From The American Frugal Housewife by Lydia Maria Francis Child
I has the dyspepsy; my suggestion aint as good as common.
From Aunt Phillis's Cabin Or, Southern Life As It Is by Mary H. (Mary Henderson) Eastman
