blue devils

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plural noun
  1. low spirits; depression.

Origin of blue devils

1
First recorded in 1780–90

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British Dictionary definitions for blue devils

blue devils

pl n
  1. a fit of depression or melancholy

  2. an attack of delirium tremens

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