QUANDARY
ADJECTIVES & ADVERBS
► ILL-OFF perplexed, at a loss; in a quandary for want of something → 1818 Sc.
► IN A BOX in difficulties, in a confused state of mind, in a quandary; bewildered; perplexed; baffled → M19 sl.
► UP A GUMTREE in a quandary → 1984 Aust. colloq. (Bk.)
NOUNS
► BARBULYE ► BARBULYIE confusion, perplexity, quandary → 1820 Sc. arch.
► CASE OF PICKLES a quandary; a serious breakdown → 19C obs.
► HABBLE a difficulty, a state of muddle or perplexity; a quandary; a tangle → 1797 Sc.
► HECKAPURDES the state of a person when alarmed by any sudden danger or calamity; a quandary → 1825 Sc.
► NINNY-WATCH a disturbance, a state of confusion, excitement or a longing expectation or desire; a vain hope; a quandary → 1746 Eng. dial.
► QUANDORUM ► QUONDORUM a quandary; extreme perplexity → 1894 Eng. dial.
► TIFTER a quandary; a difficult or disagreeable position → 1905 Sc. (Bk.)
PHRASES
► ALL IN A GOGMIRE in a fix or dilemma; in a quandary → 1862 Eng. dial.
► HE DOESN’T KNOW WHETHER HE’S AFOOT OR AHOSSBACK he is very puzzled or is in a quandary, or doesn’t have any common sense → 1996 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
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