halidom
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of halidom
before 1000; Middle English; Old English hāligdōm. See holy, -dom
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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 Ernest Weekley
By my halidom, Comrade Gooch, that gentleman whose name you are so shortly to tell us has a very fair idea of how to charge!
From Psmith, Journalist by P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse
Admirable good: Now, by my halidom, Moll, passing good.
From A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 7 by Various
By my halidom," quoth the young lord of Adenheim, "thou dost thy beauty marvellous injustice.
From The Pilgrims of the Rhine by Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron Lytton
“Now, by my halidom, this is more than I can bear!” cried Saint George.
From The Seven Champions of Christendom by William Henry Giles Kingston
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