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corblimey

corblimey is the alternative spelling of cor blimey.

Meaning of cor blimey

Interjection

  1. (Commonwealth, Ireland, UK) 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

Questions about corblimey

What is corblimey the alternative spelling of?
Corblimey is the alternative spelling of cor blimey.

Words near corblimey in the dictionary

  1. Corbits
  2. Corbitt
  3. Corbitts
  4. Corbița
  5. Corble
  6. corblimey
  7. Corbo
  8. Corbos
  9. corbovinum
  10. Corbridge
  11. Corbridges

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