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sacre

American  
[sakruh] / ˈsakrə /

interjection

  1. French. holy (used in various mild oaths).


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Helping him birth this baby is -- sacre bleu! -- another familiar name with a French-bistro background: Scott Emerick, former owner/chef of Cremant, late of Madrona.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 16, 2010

I don't know whether Stravinsky said that line about the door, but he did say this: "I am the vessel through which Le sacre du printemps passed."

From Slate ● Jul. 27, 2010

Margot is a monstre sacre, and Hunt plays her to the hilt.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 25, 2010

We rang the bells, and sacre dieu'd, but all in vain, we suffered great inconvenience, but who could be angry?

From The Stranger in France or, a Tour from Devonshire to Paris Illustrated by Engravings in Aqua Tint of Sketches Taken on the Spot. by Sir John Carr

"Give him a drop of sacre chien" said the lustig of the troupe.

From The Physiology of Taste by Fayette Robinson

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