'Sbobsn.
An unmeaning oath: cf. 'Sblood n. and od's bobs int. at od n.1 and int. Compounds 3.
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the mind > language > malediction > oaths > [interjection] > religious oaths (referring to God) > God's body
by God's corpusc1405
God's sides?1515
(by) Gog's arms, blood, body?1520
God's budkin1599
'Sbody1602
od's bobsa1625
'Sbud1676
Gadsbodikins1677
od's bodikins1677
'Sbodikins1677
Gad's bud1680
od's bud1682
'Sbobs1694
Gad's bobs1695
Gadsbudlikins1697
Cob's-body1708
1694 L. Echard tr. Plautus Rudens ii. vi, in tr. Plautus Comedies 170 'Sbobs, as I hope to breath, a smug-faced little Rogue!
1820 J. H. Reynolds Fancy (1906) 32 'Sbobs! I declare, it does not smack amiss.
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