crikey
Americaninterjection
interjection
Etymology
Origin of crikey
First recorded in 1830–40; probably euphemistic alteration of Christ
Example Sentences
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He urged anyone else in a similar position to take "whatever help you are offered, by crikey, take it because it really does help in the long run".
From BBC • Oct. 10, 2022
"We've stayed in a couple of nights, thinking crikey - looking at the bank app and thinking, where is the money going," he said.
From BBC • Apr. 14, 2022
Substantially more players make a decent living – crikey, the England players even have food tasters and someone to tuck them into bed at night.
From The Guardian • Dec. 29, 2012
That's "Trikke as in crikey", says one of them, the one with the funny nose.
From The Guardian • Nov. 19, 2012
"O crikey, Bill!" she ses to me, she ses.
From Musa Pedestris - Three Centuries of Canting Songs and Slang Rhymes [1536 - 1896] by Farmer, John Stephen
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