† Zlidn.
Obsolete.
A minced oath: = God's lid(s: see god n. and int. Phrases 3b(a), and cf. Uds n.
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the mind > language > malediction > oaths > [interjection] > religious oaths (referring to God) > God's eyelid
God's lid1600
'Slid1606
Gad's lid1616
od's lid1616
Zlid1616
'Slidikins1694
slitterkins1786
1616 S. S. Honest Lawyer i. sig. B4v Zlid, before the Prologue had done, I had lost my purse.
1785 W. Hutton Bran New Wark (E.D.S.) 170 Zleads! he nivver played hocus pocus.
Derivatives
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the mind > language > malediction > oaths > [interjection] > religious oaths (referring to God) > God's life
(God's) my lifekins1600
Od's lifelingsa1616
'Slifea1634
od's life1681
Gads my life1689
Z'life1689
1689 N. Lee Princess of Cleve ii. ii. 19 Z'life I am as weary of mine, as a Modish Lady of her old Cloaths.
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