begad

/ (bɪˈɡæd) /


interjection
  1. archaic, slang an emphatic exclamation

Origin of begad

1
C18: euphemistic alteration of by God!

Words Nearby begad

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How to use begad in a sentence

  • But the times are changed now—there's a run upon literature—clever fellows get into the best houses in town, begad!

    A History of Pendennis, Volume 1 | William Makepeace Thackeray
  • I have scarcely ever heard any thing equal to her, and her pronunciation of every language—begad!

    A History of Pendennis, Volume 1 | William Makepeace Thackeray
  • begad, ma'am, it's well nobody saw it but himself, or they might have thought that Dodd and Dempsey was turned highwayman.

  • There was over-many Paythans for our convaynience in the gut, an' begad they called thimselves a Reserve—bein' impident by natur'!

    Soldier Stories | Rudyard Kipling
  • begad, I cud ha' hiked the sun out av the sky for a live coal to my pipe, so magnificent I was.

    Soldier Stories | Rudyard Kipling