Definition of Crickey

1. used as a mild oath [interj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Crickey

cricket fields
cricket frog
cricket ground
cricket grounds
cricket match
cricket pitch
cricket pitches
cricket whites
cricketed
cricketer
cricketers
cricketing
cricketless
crickets
crickety
crickey (current term)
cricking
cricks
cricky
crico-arytænoid
cricoarytenoid
cricoarytenoid articular capsule
cricoarytenoid articulation
cricoarytenoid joint
cricoarytenoideus
cricoesophageal tendon
cricoid
cricoid cartilage
cricoids
cricoidynia

Literary usage of Crickey

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. On Parody by Arthur Shadwell Martin (1896)
"Still we shout with voice emphatic, Hi! —Punch. RONDEAU INSCRIBED TO AN INTENSE POET. (Culture in the Slums) " O crickey, Bill ! " she ses to me, she ses. ..."

2. Little Classics by Rossiter Johnson (1881)
""He had immediate recourse to his pa," said Miss crickey, supplying the exact ... I myself could think of nothing better to do than Miss crickey proposed; ..."

3. Sunset by Southern Pacific Company, Southern Pacific Company. Passenger Dept (1912)
"Gee crickey!" said Charlie, letting his unsold papers tumble to the ground, un- cared for, as he joyfully clapped his hands. The summit of the hill, ..."

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