jiminy
Americaninterjection
Etymology
Origin of jiminy
1810–20; perhaps alteration of Latin Jēsu Domine Lord Jesus!
Example Sentences
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Serve you right, too, by jiminy, the way you keep insinyating about—" "Go on an' tell me.
From Anderson Crow, Detective by George Barr McCutcheon
In de olt country, ven dey says 't-chug, t-chug,' ten it rain by jiminy!
From A Pasteboard Crown A Story of the New York Stage by Clara Morris
In later years, the phrase degenerated to simply "by jiminy" and its meaning had been lost.
From Rip Foster Rides the Gray Planet by Harold L. (Harold Leland) Goodwin
And I said to myself, sort of crying: "Oh, jiminy!"
From Pluck on the Long Trail Boy Scouts in the Rockies by Edwin L. (Edwin Legrand) Sabin
The 'varsity afterwards called it "bull-luck" and "fluke" and several other belittling names, but "Boots" said it was "quick thinking and football, by jiminy!"
From Left End Edwards by C. M. (Charles Mark) Relyea
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