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od's niggers

od's niggers interjection: exclamation of surprise, anger etc.

Interjection

  1. (obsolete) Exclamation of surprise, anger etc.
    • [T]he landlord, starting up at the well known sound, cried, “Odd's niggers! there is the commodore with his company, as sure as I live!”1751, [Tobias] Smollett, The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle […], volume (please specify |volume=I to IV), London: Harrison and Co., […], →OCLC
    • Odd's niggers! they ha' lock'd the door; I must clamber over the wall and get round the front.1835, anonymous author, “Husbands and Wives”, in Alexander's Modern Acting Drama, volume II

Forms of od's niggers

alternative formodd's niggers

Origin of od's niggers

Corruption of God's diggers (“God's fingernails”).

Questions about od's niggers

What does od's niggers mean?
Od's niggers means exclamation of surprise, anger etc.
What part of speech is od's niggers?
Od's niggers is an interjection.

Words near od's niggers in the dictionary

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

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