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Definition of mulligrub in English: mulligrub(also mullygrub) verbˈmʌlɪɡrʌb [no object]dialect, archaic Complain or sulk. it's too late to mulligrub about it Example sentencesExamples - At least he wasn't still mulligrubbing about the labor.
- From that day forward, I didn't mullygrub about chemo.
- If I mullygrub at the kids all the way to the library, it would be better not to go.
- Some people would mulligrub about taking time out to feed another person's cat.
- "Don't mullygrub," I always said to my kids when they were having a down day.
plural noun ˈmʌlɪɡrʌb the mulligrubsdialect, archaic Feelings of melancholy, sullenness, or depression. another attack of the mulligrubs he was down in the mulligrubs Example sentencesExamples - I was down in the mullygrubs for a month.
- That would have been easier for her than seein' Pa so down in the mulligrubs.
- When she had 'the mulligrubs' she would retreat to her lair in the sitting-room.
- I have scarce stirred to take exercise for four or five days, so it's no wonder I had the mulligrubs.
- His wife had left him two months before and he was down in the mulligrubs.
Origin Late 16th century: of uncertain origin. Compare with mullygrub. |