malison

Example Sentences

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There seemed a fell malison on this spot which the Mason-Blodgett troupe had found.

From Time Magazine Archive

A malison light on the tongue, Sic tidings tells to me!—

From English and Scottish Ballads, Volume II (of 8) by Various

And when his mother put it to him to take the half cake with her blessing, he took it instead of having the whole with her malison.

From English Fairy Tales by Rackham, Arthur

Does a bookseller misdirect a parcel, he exclaims, 'My malison on all Blockheadisms and Torpid Infidelities of which this world is full.'

From Obiter Dicta by Birrell, Augustine

So he was in luck; but he had yet to learn that a mother's malison is sure to bring misfortune some time or another.

From English Fairy Tales by Rackham, Arthur