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screaming habdabs

screaming habdabs is the alternative form of screaming abdabs.

Meaning of screaming abdabs

Noun

screaming abdabs pl (plural only)

  1. (UK, plural, plural-only, slang) A state of extreme nervousness.
    • ...not noticing the sud smells anymore or belts over my head that gave me the screaming ab-dabs when I first came in the factory at fifteen...1959, Alan Sillitoe, Saturday Night and Sunday Morning, page 34

Questions about screaming habdabs

What is screaming habdabs the alternative form of?
Screaming habdabs is the alternative form of screaming abdabs.

Words near screaming habdabs in the dictionary

  1. screaming
  2. screaming abdabs
  3. screaming bloody murder
  4. screaming blue murder
  5. screaming for
  6. screaming habdabs
  7. screaming hairy armadillo
  8. screaming hairy armadillos
  9. screaming jelly babies
  10. screaming loudest
  11. screaming match

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