Meaning of doolally tap | Babel Free

Definitions

Camp fever; by extension, madness, eccentricity.

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Examples

“Mrrhhhh, nothing wrong with me, sergeant, it's just the old Doolally Tap.”

“'The Doolally tap,' my father would say, mysteriously, and McAllister would agree.”

“It would probably give Mrs Doughty an attack of the Doolally-tap.”

“'He's got the doolally-taps,' she'd heard Bob say when they mentioned him, and he usually rolled his eyes and tapped his temple when he said it even though he didn't speak unkindly.”

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