wherry-go-nimblen.
/ˌwɛrɪɡəʊˈnɪmbl/, U.S. /ˌ(h)wɛriɡoʊˈnɪmb(ə)l/ Obsolete. colloquial and dialect.
1. Looseness of the bowels; diarrhoea. Also in plural.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > excretory disorders > [noun] > diarrhoea
diarrhoea1398
squirtc1460
hurl?a1513
gurry?1523
lasking1527
laxity1528
lax?1529
lask1542
skittera1585
looseness1586
scouring1597
laxativeness1610
laxness1634
squitter1664
lurry1689
thorough-go-nimble1694
wherry-go-nimble1766
the trots1808
cholerine1832
squit1841
choleriform1884
tummy1888
gippy tummy1915
shit1928
Rhea sisters1935
belly wuk1943
tomtit1944
run1946
Montezuma's revenge1955
Aztec hop1962
turista1970
1766 E. Buys Sewel's Compl. Dict. Eng. & Dutch (new ed.) I. 922/2 The wherry-go-nimble, (a great looseness) Sterk aan de loop, aan den afgang zyn.
1821 in J. Gore Creevey's Life & Times (1934) 144 But lo! the wherry-go-nimbles, which had so unreasonably attacked the Royal stomach,..gave his Majesty full employment at the Phoenix Park.
1904 J. S. Farmer & W. E. Henley Slang VII. iii. 328/2.
2. Used attributively to designate something as contemptibly small or valueless. rare.
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the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [adjective] > worthless
naughteOE
unworthc960
nought worthOE
unworthya1240
vaina1300
lewd1362
base?1510
to be nothing toc1520
stark naught1528
nothing worth1535
worthilessa1542
draffish1543
baggage1548
dunghill?1555
valureless1563
toyish1572
worthless1573
out (forth) of door (also doors)1574
leaden1577
riff-raff1577
drafty1582
fecklessc1586
dudgeon?1589
nought-worth1589
tenpenny1592
wanwordy?a1595
shotten herring1598
nugatory1603
unvalued1604
priceless1614
unvaluable1615
valuelessa1616
waste1616
trashya1620
draffy1624
stramineous1624
invaluable1640
roly-poly?1645
nugatorious1646
perquisquilian1647
niffling1649
lazy1671
wanworth1724
little wortha1754
flimsy1756
waff1788
null1790
nothingy1801
nothingly1802
twopenny-halfpenny1809
not worth a flaw1810
garbage1817
peanut1836
duffing1839
trash1843
no-account1845
no-count1851
punky1859
rummagy1872
junky1880
skilligalee1883
footle1894
punk1896
wherry-go-nimble1901
junk1908
rinky-dink1913
schlock1916
tripe1927
duff1938
chickenshit1940
sheg-up1941
expendable1942
(strictly) for the birds1943
tripey1955
schlocky1960
naff1964
dipshit1968
cack1978
1901 ‘Zack’ Tales Dunstable Weir 139 I'll throw all they whirry-go-nimble tools o' yours at the back o' the kitchen-fire.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1993; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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