stomach-ache
(ˈstʌməkˌeɪk)
Pain in the stomach or abdomen. Also fig.
| 1763 Bickerstaff Love in Village iii. ix, Well, aunt, you have been complaining of the stomach-ach all day. 1839 J. H. Newman Lett. (1891) II. 286, I must confess it has given me a stomach-ache. 1897 Allbutt's Syst. Med. IV. 241 In lead colic the more or less persistent ‘stomach ache’..will usually assist in the diagnosis. |
Hence stomach-achey a. (nonce-wd.) productive of stomach-ache.
| 1860 H. Mayhew Upper Rhine ii. 65 A pickle that may be excellent..but which is sad stomach-achey wash. 1885 ‘L. Malet’ Col. Enderby's Wife iii. ix, What a windy, stomach⁓achy sort of reward it promises to be! |