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heebie-jeebies
noun- the jitters, a sense of anxiety US, 1923
Thought to have been coined by US cartoonist Billy DeBeck (1890–1942) for the comic strip Barney Google. - The apartment was so quiet that it gave her the heebie-jeebies. — James T. Farrell, Ruth and Bertram, p. 113, 1955
- I was still sitting in my chair getting the cold heeby-jeebies and trying to figure out my exit line. — Martin Waddell, Otley, pp. 133–134, 1966
- “Them niggers shouting and talking in them spooky tongues gives me the heebie jeebies and the hives.” — Iceberg Slim (Robert Beck), Doom Fox, p. 56, 1978
- delirium tremens US, 1926
- PINK ELEPHANT: Och come on, Rab. Use your imagination. I’m the heebie jeebies! — Ian Pattison, Rab C. Nesbitt, 1988
- symptoms of withdrawal from an addictive drug US
- The thing is, I’m still fighting back the heebie-jeebies from this drop in my dose of mojo juice [methadone]. — Jim Carroll, Forced Entries, p. 144, 1987
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