gadzooks

gadzooks
interjection Usage: often capitalized Etymology: perhaps from God's hooks, the nails of the Crucifixion Date: 1694 archaic — used as a mild oath

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  • Gadzooks — [gad zo͞oks′, gadzooks′] interj. [< God s hooks, nails of the Cross] Archaic used as a mild oath …   English World dictionary

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  • Gadzooks — /gad zoohks /, interj. Archaic. (used as a mild oath.) Also, Odzooks, Odzookers. [1645 55; perh. repr. God s hooks (i.e., the nails of Christ s Cross); cf. GAD] * * * …   Universalium

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  • gadzooks — interj. (Archaic) exclamation that expresses surprise, exclamation used as a mild oath …   English contemporary dictionary

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