jim-jams

[ jĭm′jămz′ ]

The jitters.

Delirium tremens.

Words nearby jim-jams

His lips turned blue, his eyes burned with fever, his teeth rattled like clappers, and his body shook as if he had the jim-jams.

An American Hobo in Europe |Ben Goodkind
It gives me the jim-jams, for it reminds me I've lost my baby kangaroo.

Dot and the Kangaroo |Ethel C. Pedley
Madela had a feminine version of the jim-jams—tea-nerves, you know—so must get us both up.

Semiramis and Other Plays |Olive Tilford Dargan
Why he told Parson Jennings that he'd rather treat a man for jim-jams than one that was dying for want of stimulants.

Sally Dows and Other Stories |Bret Harte

“The combination is enough to give even a sober man the jim-jams,” agreed Kit.

The Treasure Trail |Marah Ellis Ryan