10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BEJABERS»
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bejabers in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
bejabers and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Lonely Jacobite-The Leprechauns
... glowing red, as the barman walked over with his brush and mop “bejabers, are
you alright, shure you could hiv hit yer head in all, bejabers, yer lucky” he said
Seamus heard the wee man laughing and he knew who had caused the mischief
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The Routledge Dictionary of Modern American Slang and ...
bejabbers; bejabers | bellybuster 62 • Like a super be-in, a live-in, real freedom.
Wow! — East Village Other, 20th August 1969 bejabbers; bejabers noun used as
a jocular euphemism for “bejesus” US, 1959 • They arrived in time to be scared ...
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Hearst's International Combined with Cosmopolitan
Bejabers eyed them coldly and one by one asked them if they spoke and
understood English. Three admitted they did. "Are you guilty or not guilty o' the
crime herein charged : to wit, murder and robbery under arms, committed here
shortly ...
"Well," Bejabers suggested finally, "suppose we take a pasear over to our camp
and see how badly shot up our proxies are." In the end of each — the end farthest
from the dead camp-fire — they found two bullet holes. "Aimed for what they ...
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A Dictionary of Hiberno-English: The Irish Use of English
Meath). beitin /'be:tfi:n/ also baiteen n.. burned grass; burning weeds (for manure)
; burnt top-soil (KM, Kerry) < Ir. bejabers /bi:'d3e:pars/ exclam., corruption of 'by
Jesus.' 'Bejabers, is that the one you were tryin' it on with last night? She has a ...
Terence Patrick Dolan, 2006
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Oxford Dictionary of Modern Slang
John Ayto, John Simpson. bejabers bejesus bell bell end bells and whistles
benny bent berk BerkeleyHunt berry Betsy. I catch you doing that again I will . . .
smack your behind' (1928). bejabers ...
John Ayto, John Simpson, 2010
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A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
It is a common literary device with the great authors. You should make him say, '
In this country, bejabers, came never knight since it was christened, but he found
strange adventures, bejabers.' You see how much better that sounds.”
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The English dialect dictionary
BEING, see Bing. BEIS, coral Sc. Also written byes. with; in ad ition to. Cf. abeis.
Penl am older beis you. There were twa others byes rne [G.W.]. Fifi, Lth. Ye're
auld beis me. I was sober yesternieht beis you (Jan). BEIT, see Beet. BEJABERS
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Concise English Dictionary
befoul bejabers of one's needs.— adj. before'-men'tioned.— adv. before'time in
former lime. — before Christ (abbrev. B.c.) before the date formerly assigned to
the birth of Christ: before the wind in the direction in which the wind is blowing,
and ...
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The Frank Reade Library
Bejabers that settled the qcestioo fer thim!" cried Barney. " Ton are right," agreed
Frank. " I doubt if they will care to risk approaching so near to us again." " I done
reckon dey won' want to roller us any mo' now," averred Pomp. " You are wrong ...
7 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BEJABERS»
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bejabers is used in the context of the following news items.
Paving stone theft in Oswaldtwistle labelled 'despicable'
Well begorrah and bejabers ! Well who'd be doin' such a terrible thing ? Well begorrah and bejabers ! Well who'd be doin' such a terrible thing ... «Lancashire Telegraph, Apr 15»
Jackie Healy-Rae: In his words
I bate the bejabers out of him.” On hard-luck cases. “Some people coming to me are so poor that they couldn't buy a jacket for a gooseberry.”. «Irish Examiner, Dec 14»
BRISTOL ROVERS BLOG: G is for Gas - Where have all the heroes …
... reporter why the adoring fans called him 'Billy Ocean' all the time, and Ian Alexander for scaring the bejabers out of attackers, particularly City ... «Bristol Post, Aug 14»
Council OKs blighted designation
"It irritates the bejabers" out of some owners of property carrying that designation, but it's "not indicative that your home is ugly." In fact, the ... «McCook Daily Gazette, Feb 13»
Crash on I-94 near Chelsea injures two drivers
I wish people would not tailgate! It scares the living bejabers out of me. I've been hit 5 times. Plus, with the cell phones and people still texting. «AnnArbor.com, Aug 12»
Florence Nightingale approach 'could help fight infection in modern …
"These guys are constantly exposed to a situation when they sterilise the living bejabers out of their operation room - there's theoretically ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Feb 12»
Carry On up the Palace
(whispering to the kids) Begorrah and bejabers now, be on your best behaviour, boys, these are the two big cheeses and the sweaty sock boss. «Holmesdale Online, Mar 10»
