subs. (common).—A corruption of ‘hysterics.’
1838. C. SELBY, Jacques Strop, ii., 4. Capital!… didn’t I do the HIGH-STRIKES famously.
1860. S. WARNER (Elizabeth Wetherell), Say and Seal, ch. vii. She wants you to come. I’m free to confess she’s got the HIGH-STRIKES wonderful.
