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Definition of Collywobbles
1. Noun. Severe gastroenteritis of unknown etiology; characterized by severe colic and vomiting and diarrhea.
Definition of Collywobbles
1. Noun. (informal) Stomachache. (defdate From 1823) ¹
2. Noun. (informal) Anxiety, fear ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Collywobbles
1. [n]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Collywobbles
Literary usage of Collywobbles
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Punch by Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks, Francis Cowley Burnand, Owen Seaman (1883)
"though he being such a remarkable man it might have been something special in
him,—the "pande- noodles" were, where the "collywobbles" had given him so much ..."
2. Publications by English Dialect Society (1875)
"CO-HOBE. The call for cows. Cf. -Hole! collywobbles. This is probably the same as
... and collywobbles," meaning a pain in the stomach, the gripes. ..."
3. The Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow: A Book for an Idle Holiday by Jerome Klapka Jerome (1890)
""Do you ever suffer from dyspepsia, collywobbles ?" (They called me collywobbles,
but it was not my real name.) " No, pa," I answered. After which, I added, ..."
4. Slang and Its Analogues Past and Present: A Dictionary, Historical and by John Stephen Farmer, William Ernest Henley (1891)
"... in your collywobbles?' with delicious trimmings. c. 1880. Broadside Ballad, '
Com- plaints'or 'The Ills of Life.' Then I've had the colic, spasms, ..."
5. The Dialect of Hartland, Devonshire by Richard Pearse Chope (1891)
"collywobbles. This is probably the same as :::C/(o/,>- ... and collywobbles,"
meaning a pain in the stomach, the gripes. ..."
6. Out of Town by Francis Cowley Burnand (1870)
"A friend has just told me so. Oh, dear ! Coleopterous ! ! The Clown at Astley's
used to say that he knew a man who was afflicted with " collywobbles in his ..."
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