in the dumps

Prepositional phrase

 * 1) * 1677,, King Edgar and Alfreda, London: M. Turner, Act IV, Scene 1, p.49,
 * Hill[aria]. What, in the dumps, Captain?
 * Osw[old]. He’s in a contemplation of Love.
 * 1) * 1699, B. E., A New Dictionary of the Canting Crew, London: W. Hawes et al.,
 * In the dumps, troubled, chagrin, melancholic.
 * In the dumps, troubled, chagrin, melancholic.