malary

It wasn't cold, but de malary fog was thick all through de bottoms.

Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Oklahoma Narratives Work Projects Administration

"Yep, he's been sick, -- with the malary simlike," was what the older members had to say upon the subject.

Sally of Missouri 1905

Up at Dade farm they kept telling him, when he went up there for one of his visits to the little girl with the cherries on her hat, that he had "malary."

Sally of Missouri 1905

She has had everything, I do believe -- malary, cancers, spinal cords, nervous prostration, and now it's her heart.

Bessie's Fortune A Novel Mary Jane Holmes 1866

We don't have any malary here, and that fact is worth as much as the farm, for I wouldn't take a section of the garden of

Driven Back to Eden Edward Payson Roe 1863

"Sometimes I take a drink in the mornin 'before breakfast, especially if there is malary around, as I said; sometimes before dinner, but only one; or, sometimes right after dinner, like now.

The Purchase Price Emerson Hough 1890

On some days I like my liquor in the mornin ', some days just before bedtime, especially if there is any malary about, as there is in most of my country -- indeed, I think there is some malary in these Ohio bottoms up here. "

The Purchase Price Emerson Hough 1890

"But that Sawyer was like that _malary_ that the boys got off to war.

Further Adventures of Quincy Adams Sawyer and Mason Corner Folks Charles Felton Pidgin 1883