dolefuls
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It would never do to be in the dolefuls over Christmas!
From About Peggy Saville by Mrs. George de Horne Vaizey
Oh! don’t look so serious, Amos; you are always in the dolefuls now.
From Amos Huntingdon by Theodore P. Wilson
"Come! come! don't be getting into the dolefuls already," cried Zack, administering an exhilarating thump on the back to his friend.
From Hide and Seek by Wilkie Collins
It is a passing fit of the dolefuls.
From A Crooked Path A Novel by Mrs. Alexander
We are all now in dolefuls for the Princess Dowager; but as there was no necessity for our being dressed or weeping mourners, we were easily provided.
From Memoirs of the Life of the Rt. Hon. Richard Brinsley Sheridan — Volume 01 by Thomas Moore
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