mal de mer
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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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.
From Time Magazine Archive
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.
From Time Magazine Archive
Dr. Desnoes has been having the company ship-doctors gather data on the malady, known also as mal de mer and nausea marma, to which most people, even sailors, are subject.
From Time Magazine Archive
His fear of mal de mer prevented him from carrying out frequent plans for coming to the U. S. Died.
From Time Magazine Archive
“I had mal de mer when I was on the steamer,” the child said, in her pretty, painstaking English—she spoke French habitually.
From Outside Inn by Kelley, Ethel M. (Ethel May)
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