mulligrubs
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Sick of the mulligrubs with eating chopped hay: low-spirited, having an imaginary sickness.
From 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
He is in great force now that he has got rid of his Grenoble mulligrubs.
From Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley — Volume 2 by Thomas Henry Huxley
Idleness lies in bed sick of the mulligrubs where industry finds health and wealth.
From Brave Men and Women Their Struggles, Failures, And Triumphs by O. E. (Osgood Eaton) Fuller
Bully Brainsick, Pug has sent me to you on an embassy, to bring you down to cards again; she is in her mulligrubs already; she will never forgive you the last vol you won.
From The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 06 by Sir Walter Scott
To this class belongs mulligrubs, for which we find in the 17th century also mouldy grubs.
From The Romance of Words (4th ed.) by Ernest Weekley
