cor blimey
UK/kɔːˈblaɪ.mi/
cor blimey interjection: an exclamation of surprise.
Interjection
- An exclamation of surprise.
- "No, the way I see it, they ain't come yet - an' that means they ain't never goin' to come - an' that means there ain't nobody to come. Cor, blimey, 'oo'd ever've thought it could 'appen like this!"1951, John Wyndham, The Day of the Triffids, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, published 1954
- Synonyms:
- adzooks, ay, caramba, mirabile dictu, chihuahua, begorra, bleeding heck, bleeding Nora, bless my heart, bless my soul
Synonyms of cor blimey
- ay
- caramba
- mirabile dictu
- chihuahua
- bleeding heck
- bleeding Nora
- bless my heart
- bless my soul
- bless us
- blige
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- blimey
- bloody hell
- bloody Nora
- blow me down
- butter my butt and call me a biscuit
- by all that is holy
- by Allah
- by cracky
- by George
- by God
- by golly
- by gosh
- by gum
- by gummy
- by jingo
- by Jove
- by juckies
- by Jupiter
- by thunder
- by the living jingo
- Christ
- Christ alive
- Christ almighty
- Christ on a bike
- Christ on a cracker
- Christ on a raft
- Christ on a stick
- Christ on a crutch
- coo
- cor
Forms of cor blimey
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Origin of cor blimey
A minced oath from may God blind me.
Questions about cor blimey
- What does cor blimey mean?
- Cor blimey means an exclamation of surprise.
- What part of speech is cor blimey?
- Cor blimey is an interjection.
- How do you pronounce cor blimey?
- Cor blimey is pronounced /kɔːˈblaɪ.mi/ (UK).
Words near cor blimey in the dictionary
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