subs. (old).—1. The diarrhœa; the BACK-DOOR-TROT (q.v.); the COLLYWOBBLES (q.v.). Formerly THOROUGH-GO-NIMBLE (q.v. for synonyms).
1734. CAREY, Chrononhotonthologos, sc. 3. Now,… for a swingeing lye…. Say she has got the THOROUGH-GO-NIMBLE.
2. (old).—An antic; a JACK-PUDDING (q.v.).
1884. W. E. HENLEY and R. L. STEVENSON, Deacon Brodie, iii. 3. You’re a man of parts, you are, you’re solid, you’re a true-born Englishman; you ain’t a JERRY-GO-NIMBLE like him.
