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collywobbles

[kol-ee-wob-uhlz] / ˈkɒl iˌwɒb əlz /
NOUN
butterflies in the stomach
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There may be little to give you the collywobbles, but there’s quite a lot to enjoy, with Ms. Morton heading the list.

From New York Times • Apr. 9, 2015

An attack of the collywobbles the following day is not uncommon.

From The Guardian • Apr. 5, 2013

Here's Iran, causing collywobbles wherever summits convene; here's Iraq, a profoundly unsettled state; and Nato's Afghanistan, a disaster without end.

From The Guardian • Jun. 13, 2010

That's what Jackie Gleason calls his latest picture and that's what it basically is: sweet enough for the kids, plain enough for the grown folks�something the whole family can swallow without collywobbles.

From Time Magazine Archive

Without missing a beat, Logan hollers, “I’m feeling kinda collywobbles, sir. I gotta hurl!”

From "Blended" by Sharon M. Draper




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