out of sorts

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Meaning: (idiomatic)Irritableorsomewhatunwell, withvaguemedicalsymptoms.1852March –1853September,Charles Dickens, “Dutiful Friendship”, inBleak House, London:Bradbury and Evans,[…], published1853,→OCLC,pages474–475:[T]he trooper fails to fasten the brooch. His hand shakes, he is nervous, and it falls off. "Would any one believe this?" says he, catching it as it drops and looking round. "I am soout of sortsthat I bungle at an easy job like this!"1881–1882,Robert Louis Stevenson, chapter 13, inTreasure Island, London; Paris:Cassell & Company, published 14 November 1883,→OCLC:"My lads," said he, "we've had a hot day and are all tired andout of sorts."2010December 29, Chris Whyatt, “Chelsea 1 - 0 Bolton”, inBBC‎[1]:Carlo Ancelotti'sout-of-sortsteam struggled to hit the target in the first half as Bolton threatened with Matthew Taylor lashing just wide.; (printing,dated)With some letters or sorts of type deficient or exhausted in the case or font.

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