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Definition of Bodikins
1. bodikin [n] - See also: bodikin
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bodikins
Literary usage of Bodikins
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Cursory History of Swearing by Julian Sharman (1884)
"Odd's bodikins will do well enough for me, and lack-a-daisy for my wife."
Many other persons have been much of the same mind ..."
2. The Dialect of Craven: In the West-Riding of the County of York by William Carr (1828)
"It is also used in various exclamations, as ods-bobs, ods-mess, ods-bodikins,
odds-zooks, ods-zounds, od-dickens, ..."
3. Words: Their Use and Abuse by William Mathews (1896)
"Giles wakes and cries, 'Ods bodikins, what's beret Why, how now; am I Giles or not?
If he, I've lost six geldings to my smart; If not, ..."
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