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Family Therapy: 100 Key Points and Techniques
Ginny: Yeswhen Mummytalks about themshecallsthem my Habdabs. Therapist:
That is agoodname for them...mmm Habdabs. Canwe have a conversation
abouthow these Habdabs take over your life? The conversation would
thenbegintomap ...
Mark Rivett, Eddy Street, 2009
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Oxford Dictionary of Modern Slang
Cf. horse noun. habdabs noun Also abdabs. Great anxiety, the heebie-jeebies;
esp. in phr. to give (someone) the screaming habdabs. 1946–. SPECTATOR
Treasure Island gives pleasure and excitement to some and the screaming
habdabs ...
John Ayto, John Simpson, 2010
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Chabers 21st Century Dictionary
1 9c: from Spanish danza habanera dance from Havana, habdabs /'habdabz/
and abdabs o plural noun, colloa {especially die screaming habdabs) a state of
extreme nervousness. habeas corpus /'heibias 'koipas/ c> noun, law a writ
requiring ...
"Drink?" "I had the screaming habdabs the first time it happened to me," I said. He
raised his eyebrows. "Habdabs?" "Panic," I said in Polish. I walked over to the
table and sat down. Nowak sat opposite me and unscrewed the cap of the bottle.
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Curious English Words and Phrases: The Truth Behind the ...
Screaming abdabs These started out as the 'habdabs', which was a slang term
for the bits at the end of a meal. Things like dessert and maybe cheese or nuts –
those were the habdabs. During the Second World War the military took up the ...
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The Chambers Crossword Dictionary, 3rd edition
hysteria 05mania,panic 06 frenzy, mother 07 habdabs, madness 08 delirium,
neurosis 09 agitation, hysterics 15 fits of the mother
hysterical03mad04rich06crazed, raving 07 berserk, frantic 08 demented, farcical,
frenzied, in a panic, neurotic ...
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Why is Q Always Followed by U?: Word-Perfect Answers to the ...
A. To give someone the screaming ab-dabs (or abdabs or habdabs) is a British
expression for inducing an attack of extreme anxiety or irritation in someone. It's a
close relative of the heebiejeebies. The interiors have been preserved much as ...
(1) That woman gives me the screaming habdabs. (1) The running brook warbled
prettily most of the time, but when in flood its singing changed to a roar. (2) 5
Beginning an eight-course meal is fine: it's finishing the damn thing* that bothers
...
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The Chambers Dictionary
[Habana or Havana, in Cuba] habdabs hab'dab:, (colloq) npla state of extreme
nervousness. — Also ab dabs — screaming habdabs (colloq) a bad case of this
involving hysterical crying. [Origin uncertain] habeas corpus ha'bi-is kor'pas, n a ...
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Chambers concise dictionary
[18c] the screaming habdabs see under habdabs scree > n (screes) geol a
sloping mass of rock debris at the base of cliffs or on the side of a mountain. [18c:
from Norse skritha landslip] screech > n (screeches) a harsh, shrill and sudden
cry, ...
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Fun in the slums: the shameless campaigning
No wonder Pope Francis was quietly indicating, behind his sweet smile, that he was on the brink of having an attack of the screaming habdabs. «Buenos Aires Herald, 3月 15»
On snakes, fear, and blessing all God's creatures
They give me the creeps, the heebie-jeebies, the screaming habdabs. I don't want to feel that way about them. I don't think they're bad or evil. «STLtoday.com, 10月 13»
