HEADACHE
ADJECTIVES
► COMATO-CRAPULOSE in a state of headache and drowsiness consequent on intoxication → 1850 humorous usage
NOUNS
► ACADEMY HEADACHE a headache due to visiting exhibitions → c1880 Eng. sl.
► BIG HEAD a headache and other ill effects from drinking → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► BLAZING HEADACHE a violent headache → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► BORDEAUX HAMMER a vinous headache→ 1576 humorous usage, obs.
► BUSTHEAD a headache from drinking bad whisky → 1939 Amer. dial.
► FAT HEAD a headache → 1910s sl.
► HEAD a headache caused by overindulgence in alcoholic beverages; a hangover → 1869 Amer. sl.
► HEAD-ON a headache → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► HEAD-WARCH a headache → 1805 Eng. dial.
► HEAD-WARK ► HEAD-WERK a headache, pain in the head → c1000 obs.
► KINK IN THE CONK a headache → 1947 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► MEGRIM ► MEGRUM a severe one-sided headache, a migraine → 1933 Amer. dial.
► MONDAY HEAD a headache following weekend drinking; a hangover → 1892 obs.
► NAP-ACHE a headache → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► NOGGIN a headache → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► THICK HEAD a headache; often applied to a headache caused by alcohol → 1991 sl.
► THROB a headache → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
VERBS
► GILVER to ache, to throb; said of the head in a headache, of a wound, etc.→ 1830 Eng. dial.
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