mulleygrubs

See also: Mulleygrubs

English

Noun

1. (regional) low spirits, mild depression, the blues
   • 1890, William Morris, News from Nowhere, in the journal The Commonweal. (First published in book form 1890.)

     "[…] the disease is either extinct, or exists in such a mild form that a short course of aperient medicine carries it off. It is sometimes called the Blue-devils now or the Mulleygrubs. Queer names, ain't they?"

2. (dated, slang) sullenness; sulky behaviour; the blues

Alternative forms

• mulligrubs