jim-jams

[ jĭm′jămz′ ]

The jitters.

Delirium tremens.

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His lips turned blue, his eyes burned with fever, his teeth rattled like clappers, and his body shook as if he had the jim-jams.
An American Hobo in Europe|Ben Goodkind
It gives me the jim-jams, for it reminds me I've lost my baby kangaroo.
Dot and the Kangaroo|Ethel C. Pedley
Madela had a feminine version of the jim-jams—tea-nerves, you know—so must get us both up.
Semiramis and Other Plays|Olive Tilford Dargan
Why he told Parson Jennings that he'd rather treat a man for jim-jams than one that was dying for want of stimulants.
Sally Dows and Other Stories|Bret Harte

“The combination is enough to give even a sober man the jim-jams,” agreed Kit.
The Treasure Trail|Marah Ellis Ryan