'sblood

[ zbluhd ]

interjection

, Obsolete.

1. (used as an oath.)

Word History and Origins

Origin of 'sblood¹

1590–1600; euphemistic shortening of God's blood; 's ³

Example Sentences

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

From Project Gutenberg

Capt. 'Sblood, I thought you had been sunk: I have been hunting you these four hours.

From Project Gutenberg