mulligrubs
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Origin of mulligrubs
First recorded in 1590–1600; earlier mulligrums, apparently alteration of megrims
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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
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
Sick of the mulligrubs with eating chopped hay: low-spirited, having an imaginary sickness.
From 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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
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