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
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
Now mark me, and verbum sap: Crossjay must not offend Sir Willoughby.
From The Egoist by George Meredith
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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