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JIM-jamz
noun
the jitters; a case of delirium tremens
1900Over the SliprailsSeveral whalers watched the procession until they got the jimjams by force of imagination, and when their bodies began to float down with the bottles, the down-river people got anxious.1968True GritDon't go to sleep and don't get the 'jimjams.'1990The Pugnacious PeacemakerPark hurried home to take care of Eric Dunedin, who, as he'd thought, still had a case of the galloping jimjams.Labels: Charles Portis, Harry Turtledove, Henry Lawson
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