crikey
(used as an exclamation of surprise, amazement, dismay, etc.)
Origin of crikey
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How to use crikey in a sentence
crikey, you should 'a seen 'im come a cropper on his nut down them new steps.
Then suddenly the true truth of what he had forgotten to do came home to Robert, and he said "Oh, crikey!"
crikey, you'd look mighty fine stuck up against a wall with half a dozen bloomin' Prussian rifles looking at yer.
Sixteen Months in Four German Prisons | Henry Charles Mahoneycrikey, but I'd like to hear the old gal squeal when they tell her her bloomin' hippo's got took.
Then suddenly the true truth of what he had forgotten to do came home to Robert, and he said, 'Oh, crikey!'
The Phoenix and the Carpet | E. Nesbit
British Dictionary definitions for crikey
/ (ˈkraɪkɪ) /
slang an expression of surprise
Origin of crikey
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