in high dudgeon

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Meaning: Indignantandenraged.1849,Herman Melville, chapter XC, inMardi: And a Voyage Thither.[…], volume I, New York, N.Y.:Harper & Brothers,[…],→OCLC,page314:“[…]But wandering here and there, incognito in a vapor, so much wickedness did Vivo spy out, thatin high dudgeonhe hurried up his ladder, knocking the mountains from under him as he went.[…]”2019March 27,Ms Angela Eagle (Wallasey) (Lab), “EU Exit Day Amendment”, inparliamentary debates(House of Commons)‎[1], column446:We have seen today elements of the Conservative party in high dungeon, or dudgeon—[Interruption.] Maybe they should be in the high dungeon. We have seen themin high dudgeonabout the fact that[…]

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