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D.T|ˈdiːˈtiː|
Also D.T.'s |ˈdiːˈtiːz|.
Colloq. abbrev. of delirium tremens.
1858‘Megathym Splene’ Almæ Matres 33 The disease called D.T. (heaven forbid I should write it in full). 1861B. Hemyng in Mayhew London Labour Extra vol. (1862) 224/2, I shall soon get D.T. and then I'll kill myself in a fit of madness. 1880G. R. Sims Ballads of Babylon 79 A titled churl Who had just got round from a bad d.t. 1907Daily Chron. 30 Aug. 7/3 ‘D.T.'s’ without drunkenness. 1910A. H. Davis From Selection to City ix. 82 He started to shake as if he had the d.t.'s. 1955R. King No Paradise ii. iv. 168 Men, in the last stages of d.t., rend the darkness with their ravings. 1969Kessel & Walton Alcoholism (ed. 3) iii. 34. Delirium tremens—DTs—generally begins two to five days after stopping very heavy drinking. |
