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zooterkins

zooterkins interjection: blimey!

Interjection

  1. (humorous, obsolete) Blimey!
    • They hold us all to be heretics." "Zooterkins."1993, Judith French, Fortune's Mistress, page 71
    • Allegro seemed shocked. "Zooterkins! What has happened to this era of young folk?"2003, Gloria Harchar, Kissed by Magic, page 21

Origin of zooterkins

Embellished form of zounds, gadzooks. Reputedly from the 17th century.

Questions about zooterkins

What does zooterkins mean?
Zooterkins means blimey!
What part of speech is zooterkins?
Zooterkins is an interjection.

Words near zooterkins in the dictionary

  1. zootechnology
  2. zootechny
  3. zooted
  4. zooted up
  5. zooter
  6. zooterkins
  7. zooters
  8. zoothanasia
  9. zoothanize
  10. zoothanized
  11. zoothanizes

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