mulligrubs

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Sick of the mulligrubs with eating chopped   hay: low-spirited, having an imaginary sickness.

From 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue by Grose, Francis

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 Scott, Walter, Sir

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 Fuller, O. E. (Osgood Eaton)

He is in great force now that he has got rid of his Grenoble mulligrubs.

From Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley — Volume 2 by Huxley, Thomas Henry

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 Wells, Carolyn