| 单词 | by the holy poker |
| 释义 | > as lemmasby the holy poker 5. humorous (chiefly Irish English). by the holy poker: an asseveration. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > malediction > oaths > [interjection] > religious oaths (referring to God) > other religious oaths Petera1375 by this (good) lightc1380 passionc1390 by (all) the powers!c1425 hattersa1500 (by) Gog's arms, blood, body?1520 by my halidom1533 by (the) salmon?1536 as I am a sinner1682 by the holy poker1770 by the piper!1790 so help me salmon1834 Jehoshaphat1857 1770 Younger Brother I. 192 By the holy poker, (cry'd Sir Phelim) throw away another thousand or two, my dear. 1804 M. Edgeworth Limerick Gloves vi, in Pop. Tales I. 284 ‘By the holy poker’, said he to himself, ‘the old fellow now is out there’. 1828 Lancet 23 Feb. 773/2 He swears by the ‘holy poker’ and ‘St. Patrick’, that he will never again go to St. Bartholomew's. 1897 W. D. Howells Albany Depôt v. 74 Well, by the holy poker! This knocks me out! The next time I'll marry a man, and have somebody around that can appreciate a joke. 1910 H. de V. Stacpoole Blue Lagoon xviii. 140 Oh, be the Holy Poker, there's red rats comin' out of the sand! 1916 W. D. Howells Daughter of Storage xv. 243 Where are you? What! You never mean to say You are down there yet? Well, by the Holy Poker! c1943 A. Potts in B. Edgar Warrior of Kokoda xiii. 236 This game of swapping GOC and staffs..is all right as a pastime, but by the Holy Poker, it doesn't help the control of a paper war. < as lemmas |
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