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Gadsbodikins

Also Oddsbodikins,

[gadz-bod-i-kinz]

interjection

Archaic.
  1. (a euphemistic form of God's body, used as a mild oath.)



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Word History and Origins

Origin of Gadsbodikins1

1670–80; Gad + 's 1 + bodikin ( body + -kin ) + -s 1
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Example Sentences

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Your challenge this week, offered in a spirit of linguistic curiosity which I trust can cause no offence, is related to one of those GADS- words that the language used to abound in - GADSWOOKERS, GADSBODIKINS, GADSBUDLIKINS, and the worryingly-shaped GADSNIGGERS.

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“Gadsbodikins, if the lass is not right!” grunted the squire, when he had got on his glasses.

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