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MULLIGRUBS

Definition: MULLIGRUBS

MULLIGRUBS

Noun

1. Hence, sullenness; the sulks.

2. A griping of the intestines; colic.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Etymology: Mulligrubs \Mul"li*grubs\, noun. [Compare to Prov. English mull to squeeze, pull about, mulling numb or dull.]. (Websters 1913)

Specialty Definition: MULLIGRUBS

Domain	Definition
Slang in 1811	MULLIGRUBS. Sick of the mulligrubs with eating chopped hay: low-spirited, having an imaginary sickness. Source: 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Modern Translation: MULLIGRUBS

Language		Translations for "MULLIGRUBS"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		gjendje jo e mirë. (various references)

Bulgarian		съклет, колики (gripes). (various references)

Czech		duševní skleslost, bolesti v břiše. (various references)

Hungarian		kólika (gripes). (various references)

Pig Latin		ulligrubsmay

Portuguese		neurastenia (dumps, hip), dor de estômago (stomachache), dor de barriga (belly ache, stomachache), depressão mental, cólica (colic, cramp). (various references)

Romanian		plictis, ipohondrie (hypochondria), dureri (throes), colici (cramp). (various references)

Russian		хандра (blue, mope, mopes, spleen), колики (cramps, griping, tormina). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		grčevi u stomaku (cramps). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Anagrams: MULLIGRUBS

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "b-g-i-l-l-m-r-s-u-u"
	-3 letters: bulgurs, limulus.
	-4 letters: brills, bulgur, grills, limbus, subgum.
	-5 letters: bills, birls, blurs, brigs, brill, brims, bulls, burgs, burls, gills, girls, glims, grill, grubs, gulls, gurus, iglus, limbs, lulus, mills, mulls, rills, rubus, slurb.
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Alternative Orthography: MULLIGRUBS

Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

4D 55 4C 4C 49 47 52 55 42 53

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

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Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01001101 01010101 01001100 01001100 01001001 01000111 01010010 01010101 01000010 01010011

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#77 &#85 &#76 &#76 &#73 &#71 &#82 &#85 &#66 &#83

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

004D 0055 004C 004C 0049 0047 0052 0055 0042 0053

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

47554646434152553653

INDEX

1. Definition
2. Translations: Modern
3. Anagrams
4. Orthography

5. Bibliography

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