cor blimey
Britishinterjection
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Origin of cor blimey
C20: corruption of God blind me
Example Sentences
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They are news-making, cor blimey, take a look at this photo.
From BBC
"As a kid, I was used to watching these wonderful black-and-white films with my nana - 'Cor blimey, guv’na, let’s push through the war'," Graham joked, adopting an exaggerated Cockney accent.
From BBC
From observing him down the years, he appears to have a couple of go-to’s - a cor blimey guv’nor cockney one and an ee, bah gum Yorkshire one.
From The Guardian
It was later portrayed in the ITV drama 'Cor Blimey!', on which Barbara acted as an advisor.
From BBC
Far more deserving of recrimination is the illiterate dialogue inflicted on characters like Wiggins, the footman, forced to declare: “Cor blimey, I knew this was goin’ to ’appen.
From New York Times
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