cripes
Americaninterjection
interjection
Etymology
Origin of cripes
First recorded in 1905–10; apparently euphemistic alteration of Christ
Example Sentences
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I was a pallbearer at her sister’s funeral, for cripes sake!
From Slate • Jun. 12, 2021
"I'll take a lot from you, but by cripes they's got to be a line drawed somewheres!"
From The Phantom Herd by Bower, B. M.
"Seems t' me we've done enough ridin' and actin', by cripes, t' make half a dozen pitchers better'n what I've ever saw."
From The Phantom Herd by Bower, B. M.
Then, after a kind of dazed once-over of the raft, fore-and-aft: “By cripes, the kid is gone!”
From Down the Columbia by Freeman, Lewis R. (Lewis Ransome)
"By cripes, Luck's got to sleep in the hay loft—er I will," Big Medicine growled, making the boards of his bunk squeak with the flop of his disturbed body.
From The Phantom Herd by Bower, B. M.
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