collywobblesn.
/ˈkɒlɪwɒb(ə)lz/ colloquial.
A disordered state of the stomach characterized by rumbling in the intestines; diarrhoea with stomach-ache; hence gen. indisposition, ‘butterflies in the stomach’, a state of nervous fear. (In quot. 1853 used nonsensically.)
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the mind > emotion > fear > physical symptoms of fear > [noun] > disordered state of stomach
collywobbles1823
butterfly1958
the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > disorders of stomach > [noun] > gastric disturbance
working1577
undulation1681
gastricity1796
collywobbles1823
all of a rejumble1866
tummy upset1926
Delhi belly1942
Spanish tummy1967
tummy bug1969
1823 P. Egan Grose's Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue (rev. ed.) Collywobbles, the gripes.
1841 Punch 9 Oct. 154/1 To..keep him from getting the collywobbles in his pandenoodles.
1853 ‘C. Bede’ Adventures Mr. Verdant Green viii. 75 A touch of the mulligrubs in your collywobbles?
1901 F. T. Bullen Sack of Shakings 308 He laughingly excused himself on the ground that his songs were calculated to give a white man collywobbles.
1959 I. Opie & P. Opie Lore & Lang. Schoolchildren x. 185 He is a ‘funk’..or has ‘got the collywobbles’.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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