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blue devils pl (plural only)

1. (slang, idiomatic) Low spirits; depression.
   • 1847, editorial staff, “The Yankee Blade”, in Scientific American, series 1, Volume 3, Issue 9, page 66:

     ...ye who believe in the pernicious efforts of "Blue Devils," subscribe at once to that Paragon of Newspapers, "The Yankee Blade."

   • 1890, William Morris, News from Nowhere, in the journal The Commonweal. (First published in book form 1890.)

     "[…] the disease is either extinct, or exists in such a mild form that a short course of aperient medicine carries it off. It is sometimes called the Blue-devils now or the Mulleygrubs. Queer names, ain't they?"

2. (slang, figuratively) Depressants, especially the barbiturate amobarbital.

同意語

• (depression): mulligrubs