Collywobbles Definition
kŏlē-wŏbəlz
noun
Pain in the abdomen; bellyache.
Webster's New World
(plural only, informal) Stomachache. [From 1823]
Wiktionary
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Origin of Collywobbles
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Attested 1823, presumably from colic + wobble.Alternative theories are that it derives from colly (“coal dust”), via the putative sense “ill from breathing coal dust,” or that it is a corruption of cholera. The first attestation (a mention, not a usage) is in the 1823 edition of A Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.
From Wiktionary
Probably alteration (influenced by colic) (wobble) of cholera morbus
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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