throw a wobbly
To throw a tantrum.
adj
Unsteady and tending to wobble.
wobbly bridge
wobbly chair
noun
Alternative spelling of Wobbly.
A wobbler; a fit of rage; a tantrum.
noun
A member of the Industrial Workers of the World, a militant, radical labor union.
The gray man didn’t think I had any right to the card I had showed him, nor to the other one I had mentioned. He didn’t think I was a good wobbly. As chief muckademuck of the I. W. W. in Personville, he considered it his duty to get the low-down on me, and to not let himself be pumped about radical affairs while he was doing it.
I drew myself up taller. I gave a beautiful account of my career with the Wobblies.