'sblood

[ zbluhd ]

interjectionObsolete.
  1. (used as an oath.)

Origin of 'sblood

1
1590–1600; euphemistic shortening of God's blood;see 's3

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How to use 'sblood in a sentence

  • The 'sblood' of the sixteenth century must not be confounded with the 'zounds' of the seventeenth.

    Vivian Grey | Earl of Beaconsfield, Benjamin Disraeli
  • Capt. 'Sblood, I thought you had been sunk: I have been hunting you these four hours.