zounds
Americaninterjection
interjection
Etymology
Origin of zounds
First recorded in 1590–1600; variant of 'swounds
Example Sentences
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But any potential eeriness was quickly overwhelmed by the mob of cheerful Appletonians, sipping wine, munching on cheese and -- zounds -- even joking.
From Time Magazine Archive
"Thirty-three hairs!" exclaimed Lord Norbury; "zounds, sir! then you must have been firing at a wig."
From Heads and Tales : or, Anecdotes and Stories of Quadrupeds and Other Beasts, Chiefly Connected with Incidents in the Histories of More or Less Distinguished Men. by White, Adam
Why, zounds, his wife and children were not with him on the pavement.
From The Confessions of Harry Lorrequer — Volume 1 by Lever, Charles James
"But, zounds, sir, you say you are not surprised he has not come to welcome his own father?"
From The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 4, November 1, 1851 by Various
"Vy, zounds, then, ve're jist vere ve started from," cried the Sandman.
From Auriol or, The Elixir of Life by Ainsworth, W. Harrison
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