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collywobbles

noun as in butterflies in the stomach

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It is Reform's recent rise - and the durability of its support, up to now at least - that has fast forwarded the collywobbles in a vast parliamentary Labour Party so soon after a general election.

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Or do Conservative MPs conclude yet another blast of the collywobbles would be unforgivably indulgent?

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A bunch of ordinary ones, like “mischief” and “possibility,” but he threw two cool ones in there: “collywobbles” and “gardyloo.”

Eva Perón throws her husband’s mistress out on the streets, and Madonna’s wavering vocal goes full collywobbles.

But Hughton’s deflection is likely less a sign of weakness than an effort to contain any outbreak of the collywobbles.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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