begad
Britishinterjection
Etymology
Origin of begad
C18: euphemistic alteration of by God!
Example Sentences
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Well, I’m begad thankful you suggested that, Ronald.
From The Mystery of the Green Ray by Le Queux, William
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 Lever, Charles James
Archy will never get over it—that's certain, and begad he shan't do so for want of a reminder.
From The O'Donoghue Tale Of Ireland Fifty Years Ago by Lever, Charles James
But Dunbar sees it, and so does the British public, begad.
From The Message by Brock, H. M. (Henry Matthew)
But the times are changed now—there's a run upon literature—clever fellows get into the best houses in town, begad!
From A History of Pendennis, Volume 1 His fortunes and misfortunes, his friends and his greatest enemy by Thackeray, William Makepeace
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