jitters

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The only concrete thing that might have given insecure Homelanders the jitters is the reported spike in gun sales, but even the news media concedes that this is a result of the administration's wish to gut the Second Amendment.

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  • It seems to me there isn't one section of society that hasn't got some kind of jitters--big business, little business, politicians, the newspaper men, even the college professors. —  SICK HEART RIVER
  • She had a bad case of what is generally called the jitters She felt herself seized. —  011 - Brand of the Werewolf
  • Except for a large case of jitters, there seemed to be nothing wrong You're looking," Monk explained, "at two prospective bridegrooms Congratulations," Doc said Congratulations, nothing!" —  064 - The Submarine Mystery
  • Wall Street gets the jitters, again - How the World Works - Salon. com —  whoar.co.nz
  • Within weeks of rumor and jitters, the New York Bankers Trust, ironically today a part of Deutsche Bank, announced it would be forced to cut the credit line to Deutsche Bank and by July 1931 began to pull its deposits from all big Berlin banks. —  Infowars
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