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fantods
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synonyms: fantigue, disquietude, agita, ~thoughtsick, ~distrait ???
tags: [dated] [slang]
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Definition:Defn: State of worry or excitement; fidget; fuss; also, indisposition; pet; sulks. [Slang]Noah Webster. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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there laid a man on the ground. It most give me the fan-tods.
Mark Twain. Huckleberry Finn
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But, tellin’ you the truth, Jim, not a bit of her would look at the doll. Some fantigue she had agin it, whatever ailed her, an’ it a great beauty, wid a pink sash on it and all manner. Slingin’ it into the middle of the floor she was,
Humours of Irish Life: Jane Barlow. A Test of Truth
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