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Abdominal pain (causing feelings of apprehension?)
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collywobbles
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Word definitions for collywobbles in dictionaries
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ It's easy to recognise its surface symptoms: the anger, the panic, the shakes and the collywobbles .
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 (context pluralonly informal English) stomachache. (From 1823) 2 (context pluralonly informal English) anxiety, fear
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1823, fanciful formation from colic and wobble .
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. severe gastroenteritis of unknown etiology; characterized by severe colic and vomiting and diarrhea [syn: cholera morbus ]
Usage examples of collywobbles.
One did, and left the qualms and second thoughts, the trembling hands and collywobbles, for later when things calmed down.
He could conduct his business as usual from the house-these days, it mostly ran itself anyway and could give whatever reason he chose, such as a prolonged attack of the galloping collywobbles, for not leaving the place.
I don't know if Greta Marie felt all the earth-heaving thrills and collywobbles I put into my books, but her eyes were shining with that special To Be Continued light.