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- noun plural Informal Pain in the stomach or bowels.
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- noun informal
Anxiety ,fear
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- noun severe gastroenteritis of unknown etiology; characterized by severe colic and vomiting and diarrhea
Etymologies
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Examples
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No, having "collywobbles" does not mean you're addicted to cauliflower, and don't bother buying a bra if you're a "titulaire."
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In New Zealand, if you've got "collywobbles" before a big game, you:
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Nineties collywobbles are one thing, fifties and sixties somewhat different. 15 fifties, Duncan, and two centuries.
The Ashes 2010: Australia v England – day three live! | Andy Bull and Rob Smyth 2010
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Here's Iran, causing collywobbles wherever summits convene; here's Iraq, a profoundly unsettled state; and Nato's Afghanistan, a disaster without end.
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It gave the professor, who was, as we have already established, not an imaginative man, a distinct case of the collywobbles.
The Gates John Connolly 2009
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There was some kind of psionic field which did not register on McCoy's scanners, but gave him the personal collywobbles.
TRIANGLE SONDRA MARSHAK 2009
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VIEW FAVORITES yahooBuzzArticleHeadline = 'The tanks on Satmasjid Road in Dhaka, Bangladesh'; yahooBuzzArticleSummary = 'The tanks seem to have given the mutineers the collywobbles: they finally handed in their weapons and gave in.'
OpEdNews - Quicklink: The tanks on Satmasjid Road in Dhaka, Bangladesh 2009
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It gave the professor, who was, as we have already established, not an imaginative man, a distinct case of the collywobbles.
The Gates John Connolly 2009
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The tanks seem to have given the mutineers the collywobbles: they finally handed in their weapons and gave in.
OpEdNews - Quicklink: The tanks on Satmasjid Road in Dhaka, Bangladesh 2009
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There was some kind of psionic field which did not register on McCoy's scanners, but gave him the personal collywobbles.
TRIANGLE SONDRA MARSHAK 2009
uselessness commented on the word collywobbles
A feeling of unease of dread. See also: willies, heebie-jeebies.
September 23, 2007
reesetee commented on the word collywobbles
Around here, that feeling is also called "the creeps." :-)
September 23, 2007
trivet commented on the word collywobbles
I feel a list coming on...
September 23, 2007