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fackins

fackins noun: used in exclamatory phrases to express surprise, insistence, etc.

Noun

fackins (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) Used in exclamatory phrases to express surprise, insistence, etc.
    • I proteſt— ― No, no, you ſhall not proteſt, couſſe. ― By my fakins, but I will, by your leave;[…]1598, Beniamin Ionson [i.e., Ben Jonson], “Euery Man in His Humour. A Comœdie. […]”, in The Workes of Beniamin Ionson (First Folio), London: […] Will[iam] Stansby, published 1616, →OCLC, Act I, scene...
    • I suppose he hath left me mourning; but, i’fackins! if that be all, the devil shall wear it for him, for me.1749, Henry Fielding, Tom Jones, Folio Society, published 1973, page 152

Forms of fackins

alternative formfackings
alternative formfeckins
alternative formfegs

Origin of fackins

Corruption of fay, faith ( + -kins).

Questions about fackins

What does fackins mean?
Fackins means used in exclamatory phrases to express surprise, insistence, etc.
What part of speech is fackins?
Fackins is a noun.

Words near fackins in the dictionary

  1. fackeltanz
  2. fackeltänze
  3. facking
  4. facking off
  5. fackings
  6. fackins
  7. Fackler
  8. Facklers
  9. Fackrell
  10. Fackrells
  11. facks

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