"canary fit" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: en-au-canary fit.ogg [Australia] Forms: canary fits [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} canary fit (plural canary fits)
  1. (idiomatic, dated) A highly emotional state of distress, anger, etc. Tags: dated, idiomatic
    Sense id: en-canary_fit-en-noun-TFyBTZ8j Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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