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mulligrubs
Feb. 24th, 2023 09:21 ammulligrubs or molligrubs or mollygrubs (MUHL-i-gruhbz) - (regional) n., low spirits, sullenness, grumpiness; (obs.) stomach ache.
Said regions being scattered areas of the American southeast and "certain" British dialects, plus also in Australia a synonym for witchetty-grub, apparently going off the stomach-ache sense. Origin uncertain, but back in the 1590s it was spelled mulligrums, apparently an alteration of megrims, headache, alteration of French migraine.
---L.
Said regions being scattered areas of the American southeast and "certain" British dialects, plus also in Australia a synonym for witchetty-grub, apparently going off the stomach-ache sense. Origin uncertain, but back in the 1590s it was spelled mulligrums, apparently an alteration of megrims, headache, alteration of French migraine.
---L.
