Friday Word: Mulligrubs
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1word1dayMulligrubs [MUL-ih-grubz]
(noun, plural)
- A state or fit of depression; low spirits. Also: a bad temper or mood.
- Sulky or ill-tempered persons (singular is a mulligrube)
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(n.)
- A stomach ache, colic; diarrhoea.
Used in a sentence:
“Overcome with a sudden bout of mulligrubs, I just don’t feel like doing anything today, so I’m not going to be coming in to work today.”
(from The Grandiloquent Word of the Day)
