mulligrubs
Example Sentences
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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
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
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
Sick of the mulligrubs with eating chopped hay: low-spirited, having an imaginary sickness.
From 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
The salt water, I think, Has made me most bloodily thirsty; So bring me a flagon of drink To keep down the mulligrubs, burst ye!
From The Book of Humorous Verse by Carolyn Wells
