jiminy
Americaninterjection
Etymology
Origin of jiminy
1810–20; perhaps alteration of Latin Jēsu Domine Lord Jesus!
Example Sentences
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Oh, jiminy, but he was proud of Wig.
From Roy Blakeley by Fitzhugh, Percy Keese
By jiminy, you're wicked with your hands, Jack.
From Poor Man's Rock by Johnson, Frank Tenney
If we don’t start our seekin’ pretty quick—Why jiminy cricket I shall be snivellin’!”
From Dorothy at Oak Knowe by Raymond, Evelyn
Poor little Timothy Grady Screwed up his face at a lady, And, jiminy jack!
From The Peter Patter Book of Nursery Rhymes by Wright, Blanche Fisher
But jiminy, I was hungry and thirsty, and I wanted a fire, too.
From Pluck on the Long Trail Boy Scouts in the Rockies by Sabin, Edwin L. (Edwin Legrand)
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