jiminy
interjection
(a mild exclamation of surprise, emotion, or awe.)
jimminy
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a variation of
jiminy.
Example Sentences
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‘Mind five ole cows,’ ses he; ‘by de jimminy, gi’e me sometin’ easier—if dere is any.’
From Old Hendrik's Tales by Arthur Owen Vaughan
Morris declared, "and, by jimminy, I will do it, too."
From Potash & Perlmutter Their Copartnership Ventures and Adventures by Montague Glass
By the great jumpin' jimminy Christmas, that's them fer fair!
From A Deal in Wheat and Other Stories of the New and Old West by Frank Norris
“Well, he eat one cub, an’ it eat dat sweet he tink by jimminy it’ll take more dan one leopard to drive him out o’ dat while dere’s any cubses left.
From Old Hendrik's Tales by Arthur Owen Vaughan
“Ole Baldy he go up, an’ on, an’ on, an’ up, till at last he cahnt get higher; but by jimminy, he is up dere.
From Old Hendrik's Tales by Arthur Owen Vaughan
