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

No, any dinner I'd get would give you compound, gallopin' dyspepsy, and I can't be responsible for your death—I love you too much.

From The Postmaster by Lincoln, Joseph C.

Thoroughwort is excellent for dyspepsy, and every disorder occasioned by indigestion.

From The American Frugal Housewife by Child, Lydia Maria Francis

I has the dyspepsy; my suggestion aint as good as common.

From Aunt Phillis's Cabin Or, Southern Life As It Is by Eastman, Mary H. (Mary Henderson)

I'd ruther you'd have forty broken legs than the dyspepsy, 'cause when I take the pains to cook good victuals, I like to have 'em et.

From The Brass Bound Box by Horne, Diantha W.