mulligrubs

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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

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

From 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue by Grose, Francis

He ain't a very lively picter, is he?" remarked little Mr. Bouncer, with the air of a connoisseur; "peakyish you feel, don't you, now, with a touch of the mulligrubs in your collywobbles?

From Adventures of Mr. Verdant Green by Bede, Cuthbert

To this class belongs mulligrubs, for which we find in the 17th century also mouldy grubs.

From The Romance of Words (4th ed.) by Weekley, Ernest

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