ods bodikin

English

Alternative forms

odds bud, ods bud

Etymology

Alteration of God's bodkins.

Interjection

ods bodikins

(archaic) A corruption of "God's bodkins", referring to the nails used in the crucifixion. Formerly used in oaths and ejaculatory phrases.

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