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A Dictionary
of Slang and Unconventional English
... least as early as 1817. all of a doodah. Nervous: C.20. See doodah-Z. Hence,
esp. 'of an aeroplane pilot getting nervous in mid-air': RFC/ RAF: from 1915. F. 6:
G. all of a heap. Astounded; nonplussed: C.18-20; coll. by 1800. In Shakespeare
...
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Oxford Dictionary
of Modern Slang
[Origin unknown.] doodah noun Also do-da, dooda. 1 all of a doodah in a state of
excitement; dithering. 1915–. P. G. WODEHOUSE Poor old Clarence was
patently all of a doodah (1952). 2 = doodad noun. 1928–. H. CROOME They
make little ...
John Ayto, John Simpson, 2010
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An Asperger Dictionary
of Everyday Expressions
or ** Note: like all mouth. more insulting when told to a person directly than when
talking about someone not present at the time. All of a dither In a confused and
excitable state.* All of a doodah Means the same as all of a dither* All of a piece ...
Ian Stuart-Hamilton, 2004
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Curious English Words and Phrases: The Truth Behind the ...
There is quite a collection of such sayings – feeling 'any old how', or just 'all
anyhow', or 'all of a tiswas' or 'all of a doodah'. Those last two do have fairly
recent origins. Tiswas developed from 'tizzy' as airmen's slang for 'over-excited'.
Doodah ...
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The Oxford Dictionary
of Idioms
all of a doodah very agitated or excited. informal The nonsense word doodah is
the refrain of the song 'Camptown Races', originally sung by slaves on American
plantations. doom doom and gloom a general feeling of pessimism or donkey ...
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Who Said That First?: The Curious Origins
of Common Words ...
When you're all dressed up and no place to go, Life seems weary, dreary and
slow. My heart has ached and bled for the tears I've shed, When I'd no place to go
unless I went back to bed. All of a doodah American songwriter Stephen Foster's
...
ScEtirMS^vSWS^ ffeT • ) i&tm^m&^m r-m □ * donkey work ; ; SftW^H (f (I'm sick of
such donkey world ScStia to talk the hind legs off a donkey £ TALK doodah all of
a doodah (P)l.If»|2. SHI* fa ! — ^?fl$L (They were all of a doodah as they found ...
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Shorter Slang Dictionary
... I'm all in. 4 all of a doodah all of a doodah see.
Paul Beale, Eric Partridge, Rosalind Fergusson, 2003
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The Concise New Partridge Dictionary
of Slang and ...
3 a person who stays in jail all nightafterbeing arrested US, 1992 allnight money
noun a prostitute's chargefor spendingthe night with a customer US, 1992 all of a
doodah adjective nervous, dithering with excitement UK, 1952 all of a tiswas;all ...
Terry Victor, Tom Dalzell, 2007
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Oxford Thesaurus
of English
... uptight, wired, in a stew, in a dither, all of a dither, in a sweat, in a flap, in a tizz/
tizzy, all of a lather, het up, in a twitter, waiting for the axe to fall; Brit. informal
strung up, windy, having kittens, all of a doodah; N. Amer. informal spooky,
squirrelly, ...
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Stand-up and sitcom: Even with Stephen Fry on hand, this is no way …
Gurning, knowing pauses, double-takes, winks, nudges, men dressed as women going all of a doodah when men dressed as men accost them. «The Independent, Лютий 13»
