begad
Britishinterjection
Etymology
Origin of begad
C18: euphemistic alteration of by God!
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So it is; and, begad, I believe you're the only soul to remember it.
From Shining Ferry by Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
Wanst I half roused, an' begad the noise in my head was tremenjus—roarin' and rattlin' an' poundin', such as was quite new to me.
From Soldier Stories by Rudyard Kipling
"I 'd know that trip in a thousand; begad, you 're Bagenal Daly, and nobody else!"
From The Knight Of Gwynne, Vol. I (of II) by Charles James Lever
There was over-many Paythans for our convaynience in the gut, an' begad they called thimselves a Reserve—bein' impident by natur'!
From Soldier Stories by Rudyard Kipling
There are eight like this, and five large ones, plainly furnished, as you see; but for the present, you know——" '"Oh, begad!
From Jack Hinton The Guardsman by Charles James Lever
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