3. (in pl.).—(1) the fidgets; (2) delirium tremens.

1879. Payn, High Spirits (Capt. Cole’s Passenger). I thought he had

been drinking, and in fact was on the verge of the jumps.

1889. Daily Telegraph, 7 Sep., 5, 3. Only suffering from an attack

of the jumps.

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