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blue devils
blue devils
plural noun
- a fit of depression or melancholy
- an attack of delirium tremens
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of blue devils1
First recorded in 1780鈥90
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"The only place in Trinidad and Tobago, and by extension the world, where you can find blue devils come Carnival Monday, is Paramin," Curdell says.
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The 鈥渂lue devils鈥 then gather at the town鈥檚 crossroads, spitting fake blood, to terrify the children of their neighbors, or of visitors from the island鈥檚 nearby capital of Port of Spain.
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鈥淚鈥檓 well, but you sound like you鈥檝e got a bit of the blue devils!鈥
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The blue devils were drawn up in formation in the middle of a big meadow cupped within hills.
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Archibald, duke of Argyle, was haunted by blue phantoms鈥攖he origin of our epithet for melancholy, "blue devils."
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