depreshn.
colloquial. Now rare.
= depression n. 5.
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inflation1821
economic cycle1832
recovery1843
downdraught1852
perfect competition1853
downturn1858
softness1872
slump1888
downtrend1890
sag1891
under-consumption1895
recession1905
downdrift1906
economic recession1908
air pocket1913
stickiness1913
trough1916
deflation1920
downswing1922
slowdown1922
scissors1924
scissors crisis1925
uptrend1926
reflation1932
depresh1933
upswing1934
stagnation1938
countercycle1944
fiscal cliff1957
turn-down1957
stagflation1965
soft landing1973
slumpflation1974
downer1976
1933 Bulletin (Sydney) 2 Aug. 10/4 There's no surer test of the depresh down-and-out.
1933 M. Lowry Ultramarine ii. 70 Forgetting depresh. of departing semester.
1942 L. V. Berrey & M. Van den Bark Amer. Thes. Slang §3/7 The depresh, the 1929–32 depression.
1942 L. V. Berrey & M. Van den Bark Amer. Thes. Slang §543/4 Big bad wolf, the Big Trouble, depresh, Old Man Depression, economic depression.
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