All-overs

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    An all-overish feeling; general malaise. plural, plural-only

    "“We are short to-night!” cries the woman, with a propitiatory laugh. “Short and snappish we are! But we’re out of sorts for want of a smoke. We’ve got the all-overs, haven’t us, deary? But this is the place to cure ’em in; this is the place where the all-overs is smoked off.”"

  2. 2
    plural of all-over form-of, plural, plural-only

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agitationangstanxietyapprehensioncarecold sweat

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"“We are short to-night!” cries the woman, with a propitiatory laugh. “Short and snappish we are! But we’re out of sorts for want of a smoke. We’ve got the all-overs, haven’t us, deary? But this is the place to cure ’em in; this is the place where the all-overs is smoked off.”"

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