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UK
/mˈɛɡɹɪm/
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NOUN
- a severe recurring vascular headache; occurs more frequently in women than men
How To Use megrim In A Sentence
- Although pale and heavy-eyed as befitted someone suffering from a drink megrim, she bore no other outward signs of discomfort. The Falcons of Montabard
- Even though this rig is especially good for gurnards, it also proves superbly successful for dabs, plaice, megrim, even small turbot and brill, also haddock, cod and whiting.
- Young Cliff, who, of the entire set-up, would most interest you, will, I hope, grow out of his megrim and return to his music. Died in the Wool
- The anguish produced by this self-reproof was so strong that I put my hand suddenly to my forehead, and was obliged to allege a sudden megrim to my attendant, in apology for the action, and a slight groan with which it was accompanied. Chronicles of the Canongate
- Additionally from Wednesday last Ireland's fishing industry was ordered to stop fishing for monkfish, prawns, white pollack and megrims as the country's quota for the current year had already been reached.
- Not only will the cuts apply to cod but will apply also to associated species such as whiting, haddock, sole, saithe, monk, plaice, prawns, hake and megrim.
- It was a red letter day for me as I like to catch as many different species of fish as I can and earlier in the day I had caught my first ever megrim off Erris Head.
- Our youths, who spend their days in trying to build up their constitutions by sport or athletics and their evenings in undermining them with poisonous and dyed drinks; our daughters, who are ever searching for some new quack remedy for new imaginary megrim, what strength is there in them? The Works of Max Beerbohm
- Converted, she, by the great grief that had befallen her friends; made ashamed of whining over megrims when death and shame were making havoc in the little home.
- Women have moods and megrims.