verbum sap
AmericanEtymology
Origin of verbum sap
First recorded in 1640–50; short for Latin verbum sapientī sat(is est)
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"I do not wish to separate from my household: verbum sap."
From A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, Volume 6 by Robert Black
Now mark me, and verbum sap: Crossjay must not offend Sir Willoughby.
From The Egoist by George Meredith
The potent word awoke him from his nap, And then she vanish'd, whisp'ring verbum sap.
From Fanny With Other Poems by Fitz-Greene Halleck
And verbum sap, you know, is quite sufficient.”
From The Fifth Form at Saint Dominic's A School Story by Talbot Baines Reed
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