Word of the Day: FROBLY-MOBLY

ETYMOLOGY
of unknown origin

EXAMPLE
“… If people felt but indifferently well, they said they were frobly-mobly; if they had swollen faces, they spoke of boun muns; if they were ready to faint, they said coath. …”

From: All The Year Round:
A Weekly Journal
Conducted by Charles Dickens, Jun.
Volume IV. From June 4, to November 26, 1870
‘In the Provinces ‘

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