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begob

begob interjection: by God.

Interjection

  1. (Ireland, dated, dialectal) By God.
    • I spake to the polis, an' they laff at me, begob.1894, Arthur Morrison, Martin Hewitt, Investigator
    • Begob he was what you might call flabbergasted.1922 February 2, James Joyce, “[12]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company […], →OCLC

Questions about begob

What does begob mean?
Begob means by God.
What part of speech is begob?
Begob is an interjection.

Words near begob in the dictionary

  1. begnet
  2. begnets
  3. Begnécourt
  4. bego
  5. begoateed
  6. begob
  7. begod
  8. begodded
  9. begodding
  10. begods
  11. begoes

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