qualmish
Example Sentences
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Flattery is the destruction of all good fellowship; it is like a qualmish liqueur in the midst of a bottle of wine.
From Vivian Grey by Disraeli, Benjamin, Earl of Beaconsfield
He watched as the good ship cut the sea, And bumpishly up-and-downed, And thought if already she qualmish might be, He'd consider his happiness crowned.
From The Book of Humorous Verse by Wells, Carolyn
So, conscience being a brave supporter, I abode in silence, though not without many queer and qualmish p. 148thoughts, and a pit-patting of the heart, not unco pleasant in the tholing.
From The Life of Mansie Wauch tailor in Dalkeith by Hardie, Charles Martin
The gallant fellow's stomach, too, was qualmish and disturbed.
From The House by the Church-Yard by Le Fanu, Joseph Sheridan
"If Britannia rules the waves," said a qualmish writing-master, going to Margate last week in a storm, "I wish she'd rule 'em straighter."
From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 12, No. 331, September 13, 1828 by Various
