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od's bobs

od's bobs interjection: expressing surprise, emotion etc.

Interjection

  1. (obsolete) Expressing surprise, emotion etc.
    • “[F]or odds-bobs, if you do not pay me, he will return, and be as good as his word.”1755, Miguel de Cervantes, translated by Tobias Smollett, Don Quixote, Volume 1, I.4

Forms of od's bobs

alternative formods-bobs

Origin of od's bobs

Perhaps a euphemistic alteration of God's body.

Questions about od's bobs

What does od's bobs mean?
Od's bobs means expressing surprise, emotion etc.
What part of speech is od's bobs?
Od's bobs is an interjection.

Words near od's bobs in the dictionary

  1. od
  2. OD'd
  3. OD'ed
  4. OD'ing
  5. OD's
  6. od's bobs
  7. od's niggers
  8. OD-ing
  9. oda
  10. ODAAT
  11. Odaawaa

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