Brewer's: Collywobbles

The grips, usually accompanied with sundry noises in the stomach. These noises are called the “borbarigmus.” (The wobbling caused by a slight colic.)

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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