mulleygrubs

See also: Mulleygrubs

English

Noun

mulleygrubs pl (plural only)

  1. (regional) low spirits, mild depression, the blues
    • 1890, William Morris, News from Nowhere, in the journal The Commonweal. (First published in book form 1890.)
      "[…] the disease is either extinct, or exists in such a mild form that a short course of aperient medicine carries it off. It is sometimes called the Blue-devils now or the Mulleygrubs. Queer names, ain't they?"
  2. (dated, slang) sullenness; sulky behaviour; the blues

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