| 释义 |
† coads, int. Obs.
Also codes.
[app. an altered or ‘minced’ adjuration: cf. ecod! gads! ods! etc.]
An obsolete ejaculation of surprise. Also † coads-nigs.
1590Three Lords & Ladies Lond. in Hazl. Dodsley VI. 399 Coads, gaffer! were you not a mealman once? 1608Middleton Trick to Catch ii. i, Coads-nigs; I was never so disgraced since the hour my mother whipt me. a1611Beaum. & Fl. Maid's Trag. i. ii, Hark, hark! there, there! so, so! Codes, codes! |