Next he felt a stout cord passed round his ankles and another about his legs just above the knees, after which the thick cloth was drawn from his head, and he gasped and panted as he filled his lungs again and again with the pure night air, which cleared his brain and sent the crowded ballroom, the thick costume, and the giddiness of the waltz far back into the unreal region from which they came.
"One Maid's Mischief"
George Manville Fenn
She was glad, however, to sit down again, to allow the sensation of giddiness that oppressed her to pass away.
"One Maid's Mischief"
George Manville Fenn
I find my head will not bear more than a certain amount of writing without giddiness and dull headache ...
"Lady-John-Russell"
MacCarthy, Desmond