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green sickness
Definition
In women, to suffer from lack of sexual activity and release. Obsolete, C19 th usage. Defined by Captain Francis Grose in his Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue (1811) as: ' The disease of maids occasioned by celibacy.'
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Greek style
Greek trade
Greek vice
Greek way
greeking
Greekling
Greeks
green
green around the gills
Green Ash
Green Collar
green goods
green goose
green grove
green meadow
green pee
Green Stuff
green with envy
green-eyed monster
Green-Winged Teal
greenhouse
greenmail
Greenockite
greens, the
greeting
GREF
Gregarine
gregarious
Greigite
GREM
GREN
Greek trade
Greek vice
Greek way
greeking
Greekling
Greeks
green
green around the gills
Green Ash
Green Collar
green goods
green goose
green grove
green meadow
green pee
green sickness
green slipGreen Stuff
green with envy
green-eyed monster
Green-Winged Teal
greenhouse
greenmail
Greenockite
greens, the
greeting
GREF
Gregarine
gregarious
Greigite
GREM
GREN