blue devils

Definitions

1. Low spirits; depression.
   idiomatic, plural, plural-only, slang
2. Depressants, especially the barbiturate amobarbital.
   figuratively, plural, plural-only, slang

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Examples

“"[…] 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?"”

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