Head-ache

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Archaic form of headache. alt-of, archaic

    "I saw the lions the next morning, acquired a considerable dizziness and head-ache, in my way to the top of King’s Chapel, and got baked in the hot house of the botanical garden, with the dregs of yesterday’s wine still in my head:—[…]"

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annoyancebothercephalalgiacephalalgiaacheaching

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"I saw the lions the next morning, acquired a considerable dizziness and head-ache, in my way to the top of King’s Chapel, and got baked in the hot house of the botanical garden, with the dregs of yesterday’s wine still in my head:—[…]"

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