The Only Use of
bilious
in
A Christmas Carol
- …the twine and roller parted company so briskly, or that the canisters were rattled up and down like juggling tricks, or even that the blended scents of tea and coffee were so grateful to the nose, or even that the raisins were so plentiful and rare, the almonds so extremely white, the sticks of cinnamon so long and straight, the other spices so delicious, the candied fruits so caked and spotted with molten sugar as to make the coldest lookers-on feel faint and subsequently bilious.†
Chpt 3
Definition:
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(bilious) suffering indigestion
or:
irritable or bad-tempered
or:
ugly or disgusting -- especially of a shade of green
or:
relating to bile (a green digestive fluid)