bejabbers

[bih-jab-erz]

interjection

(used as a mild oath expressing astonishment, dismay, disbelief, or the like).

noun

Informal. dickens; devil: The fighter's left uppercut knocked the bejabbers out of his opponent.

Also be·ja·bers

[bih-jey-berz] /bɪˈdʒeɪ bərz/.

Origin of bejabbers

First recorded in 1815–25; alleged to be euphemistic alteration of by Jesus

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The latter looked long and carefully at the thing and muttered, "Bejabbers, I never saw one like that before!"
Literary Tours in The Highlands and Islands of Scotland
Daniel Turner Holmes
Bejabbers then, we won't be afther murtherin' him outright; we'll jest let him go back to the river an' dhrown hisself!
Down the Yellowstone
Lewis R. Freeman