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Definition of Blimey
1. Interjection. (UK Australia NZ) (non-gloss definition Expressing anger, surprise, excitement, etc.) (defdate From 1889.) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Blimey
1. used as an expression of surprise [interj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Blimey
Literary usage of Blimey
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Theatre Arts by Society of Arts and Crafts, Detroit (1921)
"Gawd blimey, you was glad enough for me ter take you in on it when you landed here
... Well, blimey, I give yer a start, didn't I—when no one else would. ..."
2. A Dictionary of Slang, Jargon & Cant: Embracing English, American, and Anglo by Albert Barrère, Charles Godfrey Leland (1889)
"blimey (common), an apparently meaningless, abusive term. C. FOR THH MOB.—As this
is a court, I feel it suitable and proper to use the sort of language ..."
3. The Red Horizon by Patrick MacGill (1916)
""blimey! talk about God!" said the regular. "There's more of the damned devil in
... blimey! next day they send you up to the trenches again and tell you to ..."
4. The Golden Scorpion by Sax Rohmer (1920)
""blimey!" he roared, over his shoulder. "Drunk! Me drunk! An' all the pubs in
these parts ... blimey! Chuck it, Pidgin!" Ah-Fang-Fu reappeared behind him. ..."
5. The Legal Observer, Or, Journal of Jurisprudence (1833)
"... to the difficulty of this mode of taking tithes, but it did not appear that
there was any difficulty which was not pointed out in the case of blimey v. ..."
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