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blood and turf

blood and turf interjection: an expression of surprise or dismay; good gracious; hell's bells.

Interjection

blood and turf

  1. (obsolete) An expression of surprise or dismay; good gracious; hell's bells.
    • "Beer!" sez Tom: "Blud an' turf, man, whare did ye git it?" "Whare did I git it, is it? why I med it to be shure; an' what do ye think I med it av?"1850, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, London: H.G. Bohn, page 374

Questions about blood and turf

What does blood and turf mean?
Blood and turf means an expression of surprise or dismay; good gracious; hell's bells.
What part of speech is blood and turf?
Blood and turf is an interjection.

Words near blood and turf in the dictionary

  1. blood and ouns
  2. Blood and Sand
  3. blood and soil
  4. blood and thunder
  5. blood and treasure
  6. blood and turf
  7. blood atonement
  8. blood avenger
  9. blood avengers
  10. blood bank
  11. blood banks

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