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Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

Sick at the stomach; and figuratively, wretched; humiliated. New England.


There stood Capt. Jumper, shaking General Taylor's hand when he came on board the "Two Pollys," trying to get a start in the address, but could not; and then I tried it. I never saw Capt. Jumper so melted down before--and that made me feel so wamblecrapt I could not say a word.--Maj. Downing, Letter from Baton Rouge, June 15, 1848.

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