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English
Etymology
Attested from the 19th century. Compare gadzooks from God’s hooks, ods bodikin from God’s bodkins, both allusions to the crucifixion of Jesus Christ.
Interjection
odzookens
- (archaic) Expression of surprise or shock, my God, wow!
1897, John Bennett, Master Skylark, page 138:“Here, here, odzookens, lad!” grinned the workman, stoldily, “thou ’lt vetch t’ river up if weeps zo ha-ard. Ztop un, ztop un ; do now.”
1905, Mary Catherine Crowley, The Heroine of the Strait, page 344:“His wife, you say, Mr. Sterling?” repeated Bradstreet testily. “Odzookens, I’ll have no tomfoolery or play-acting. Take her away, take her away.”
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