sideache

English

Alternative forms

• side stitch

Etymology

side +‎ ache

Noun

sideache (plural sideaches)

1. A pain in one's side.
   • 1945, Ambrose Flack, Family on the Hill, page 125:

     I stopped at the drugstore for the ice cream the twins wanted and when we got back to Otter Hill, we found the women in throes of anxiety over Mickey, who had suddenly come down with a violent sideache.

   • 1999, Catherine Farnes, Snow, page 33:

     I've got this sideache you wouldn't believe, and you're the only excuse I'm going to get to quit running.

   • 2012, David Marx, The Salvation Shuffle, page 142:

     When one is in the race he tries to make a good showing, sideache or no sideache.

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