dismals
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But, dod, I’ve got the dismals, And no mistake!
From Krindlesyke by Wilfrid Wilson Gibson
"Here," said he, "here's what'll make you think different, and send away the dismals."
From It May Be True, Vol. III (of III) by Mrs. Henry Wood
I hope you will not think me in the dismals; but public and private judgments ought to be noticed by every one.
From Familiar Letters of John Adams and His Wife Abigail Adams During the Revolution with a Memoir of Mrs. Adams by Abigail Adams
The spleen, the vapors, the dismals, the horrors seem to have seized our whole State.
From Familiar Letters of John Adams and His Wife Abigail Adams During the Revolution with a Memoir of Mrs. Adams by Abigail Adams
He only sat down, relieved, when Helene had signed to him that the child was in her dismals, as Rosalie was wont to say.
From A Love Episode by Émile Zola
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