English "jitter" from German "zittern"?

[Douglas G. Wilson]

>   APS reveals the following, which is probably a slight antedating of
> Sturges:
>
>   1929 _Life_ (Mar. 22) 28: A couple of sessions with the spirits which
> will give you the chattering jitters.

Does this refer to drinking bouts ... or to seances?

-- Doug Wilson


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