Quarms - Please clarify

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unluckystar

2003-09-24 21:08:00 UTC

Hi,

I've heard the phrase "to have to quarms" with something but I can't find
"quarm" or "quarms" in any online dictionary or thesaurus.
Is this word slang? Is it based on a foreign word?
Could someone please put me straight on this issue...

Harvey Van Sickle

2003-09-24 22:32:00 UTC

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Post by unluckystar
Hi,
I've heard the phrase "to have to quarms" with something but I
can't find "quarm" or "quarms" in any online dictionary or
thesaurus. Is this word slang? Is it based on a foreign word?
Could someone please put me straight on this issue...

Look it up under "qualm" (the "l" is silent).

Definitely not slang -- and with a solid root in Old English.

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Cheers, Harvey

unluckystar

2003-09-25 22:28:01 UTC

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Thank you

Post by Harvey Van Sickle

Look it up under "qualm" (the "l" is silent).
Definitely not slang -- and with a solid root in Old English.
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Cheers, Harvey

Harvey Van Sickle

2003-09-26 08:09:40 UTC

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Post by unluckystar
Thank you

You're most welome!

Post by unluckystar

Post by Harvey Van Sickle

Look it up under "qualm" (the "l" is silent).
Definitely not slang -- and with a solid root in Old English.
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Cheers, Harvey

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Cheers, Harvey

Ottawa/Toronto/Edmonton for 30 years;
Southern England for the past 21 years.
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Christopher Luther

2003-10-04 08:35:42 UTC

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The word is 'qualms,' meaning to have concerns or reservations about
something. Probably used more in the negative way - for example 'He had no
qualms about diving straight into the water.'

Post by unluckystar
Hi,
I've heard the phrase "to have to quarms" with something but I can't find
"quarm" or "quarms" in any online dictionary or thesaurus.
Is this word slang? Is it based on a foreign word?
Could someone please put me straight on this issue...