mal de mer
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Long's chores keep him below decks much of the time, poring over charts� an occupation that undoubtedly contributes to his mal de mer.
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Other solutions, like cutting from the right side of a frame to the left within what was originally one shot, were so dislocating that they induced brief spells of mal de mer.
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Talbot exclaims at one point, but the energy he might have devoted to metaphysical speculations on this insight pour instead into keeping himself upright on the heaving decks and avoiding mal de mer.
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Although the company shies from medical claims, French doctors often prescribe Perrier for mal de mer and morning sickness.
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An amateur sailor was making his first trip across the Atlantic, and was in the throes of the mal de mer when the ship's surgeon came across him.
From More Toasts by Mosher, Marion Dix
