Green’s Dictionary of Slang

ebenezer n.1

also ebeneser
[Heb. eben ha-ezer, the stone of help, the memorial stone set up by Samuel after the victory of Mizpeh (1 Sam. 7:12); a misreading of Samuel’s ‘raising’ of a memorial]

(US) temper, passion.

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[US]T. Haliburton Clockmaker I 234: She had got her Ebenezer up, and looked like a proper sneezer.
[US]Whip & Satirist of NY & Brooklyn (NY) 21 Jan. n.p.: His ebenezer was raised to the utter destruction of the safety-valve of prudence.
[US]W.E. Burton Waggeries and Vagaries 16: I recking the capting’s ebeneser was roused.
[US]T. Haliburton Nature and Human Nature I 114: When niggers get their dander raised, and their ebenezer fairly up, they ain’t otter of roses.