Heeby-jeebies

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative form of heebie-jeebies. alt-of, alternative, plural, plural-only

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all oversants in one's pantscold sweatcollywobblescreepsdither

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"As a child, I objected strongly to Nurse Wilks: and now, grown to riper years, the thought of meeting her again gives me the heeby-jeebies."

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