by cracky
Americaninterjection
Example Sentences
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All this is doled out as solemnly as a lantern-slide lecture in German philosophy, with the actors uneasily unsure whether they are really U.S. dirt farmers, by cracky, or Leibnitzian particles in a transcendental ether.
From Time Magazine Archive
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“Well, by cracky, we should; it would serve you right,” Gerald responded, slightly impatient.
From Dorothy's Triumph by Raymond, Evelyn
Well, by cracky, the Baronets never miss prayer meeting, I guess.
From The Price of the Prairie A Story of Kansas by McCarter, Margaret Hill
That was the kind of a thing I wanted to make a bid for, and, by cracky, I pulled it off.
From Sea-Hounds by Freeman, Lewis R.
It's him, all right, but, by cracky, the ole devil, as well as myself, has changed consider'ble in his attitude toward the other sex, since last we met!
From When the Cock Crows by Baily, Waldron
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