Friday Word: Mulligrubs

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Mulligrubs [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)