halidom
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of halidom
before 1000; Middle English; Old English hāligdōm. See holy, -dom
Example Sentences
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Halte-là!" interrupted the student, theatrically; "for by my halidom, sirs, I said not a syllable in disparagement of the house yelept Dorée!
From In the Days of My Youth by Edwards, Amelia Ann Blanford
By my halidom," mentally ejaculated Barty, "I sincerely wish thee joy and life‑long happiness, good Sir Wilfred of Ivanhoe.
From The Martian by Du Maurier, George
By my halidom," said he, "we have forgotten, Sir Prior, to name the fair Sovereign of Love and of Beauty, by whose white hand the palm is to be distributed.
From Ivanhoe by Scott, Walter, Sir
Halibut means holy butt, the latter word being an old name for flat fish; for this form of holy cf. halidom.
From The Romance of Words (4th ed.) by Weekley, Ernest
"Did yon lusty trencherman of Annie Laurie's but put a few more layers of goodly flesh about his ribs, thereby projecting more his frontal Falstaffian proportions, by my halidom, he would have to joust tandem!"
From A Knight of the Cumberland by Fox, John
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