jimmiesn.
colloquial.
With plural agreement. = jim-jam n. 3a, 3b.
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the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > degree or type of mental illness > [noun] > delirium tremens
delirium tremens1813
mania a potu1818
oenomania1852
D.T.1858
jump1879
jim-jams1885
jimmies1900
heebie-jeebies1923
the mind > emotion > suffering > dejection > [noun] > fit of
gloominga1400
dumpa1535
mubble fubbles1589
mulligrubs1599
mumps1599
mood1609
blues1741
mopes1742
gloom1744
humdrums1757
dismals1764
horror1768
mournfuls1794
doldrum1811
doleful1822
glumps1825
jim-jams1896
katzenjammer1897
the sniffles1903
mopery1907
joes1916
woofits1918
cafard1924
jimmies1928
the blahs1969
downer1970
the mind > emotion > fear > physical symptoms of fear > [noun] > state of nervous restlessness
fidget1674
fidgetiness1792
jim-jams1896
jimmies1928
1900 J. C. Harris On Wing of Occasions 42 Take 'im to the hospital, Tim; 'tis the only way to clear the jimmies from his head.
1921 A. Mason Flying Bo'sun xxvi. 216 Riley,..you drank too much Scotch last night; be careful that you don't get the Jimmies and jump overboard.
1928 New Yorker 22 Dec. 18/3 Him popping down the chimney—well, frankly, it gives me the jimmies.
1945 S. J. Baker Austral. Lang. x. 199 Britts up, to have the, to be alarmed. From ‘to have the wind up’ and ‘have the sh-ts’, by rhyming slang on the name of the former lightweight boxing champion of the world, Jimmy Britt, who was on vaudeville tour in Australia during World War No. 1. To have the jimmies is an extension.
1961 P. White Riders in Chariot xi. 415 She was not accustomed to see the grey light sprawling on an empty bed; it gave her the jimmies.
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