Citations:gormy ruddles

intestines, stomach, guts

 * generically:


 * 1955, Thomas Owen Beachcroft, Goodbye Aunt Hesther, page 124:
 * "You see," said Ernest, "if Violet get upset, she always gets a pain in her gormy-ruddles."
 * "In her what?" I said; and it seems he merely meant her insides.
 * 2012, Michelle Lovric, The Mourning Emporium ISBN 037589862X:
 * "Dat'll put da woefuls in yer gormy-ruddles rightaway!"


 * in particular, an upset (seasick) stomach, or runny bowels:


 * 2008, Julian Stockwin, Seaflower: A Kydd Novel ISBN 143910767X:
 * "Hey-ho, mates—and it's bad luck t' any who ain't chirpin' merry in one hour!" said one Artemis, his eyes shining. "Got th' gormy ruddles sittin' in this hooker!"


 * references (not uses of the word, but useful for verifying e.g. register, and length of historical use):


 * Cassell's Dictionary of Slang (2005, ISBN 0304366366, page 631:
 * John Stephen Farmer, William Ernest Henley, Slang and Its Analogues Past and Present: Fla to Hyps, page 186:

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 * 2008, Julian Stockwin, The Privateer's Revenge: A Kydd Sea Adventure ISBN 159013334X, page 175:
 * "Well, I was only a Jack Dusty in Tiger, had t' go a-longshore wi' the gormy ruddles as ruined m' constitooshun."