英语词汇mulligrubs的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	mulligrubs
词源	mulligrubs. The O.E.D. calls mulligrubs, “a state of depres- sion,” a “gross arbitrary formation,” and lets it go at that. The word is from British dialect, first recorded in 1599, and is possibly a corruption of “moldy grubs.” Besides meaning the blue devils it can mean a stomachache. A variant is the obsolete mubblefubbles.
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