in high dudgeon

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in high dudgeon

Furiously, resentfully, as in He stormed out in high dudgeon. This term is the only surviving use of the word dudgeon, whose origin has been lost. [c. 1600]

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
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