ods bodikin
English
Alternative forms
- ods bodikins
- odds bud, ods bud
Etymology
Alteration of God's bodkins.
Interjection
ods bodikin
- (archaic) A corruption of "God's bodkins", referring to the nails used in the crucifixion. Formerly used in oaths and ejaculatory phrases.
See also
- blimey
- bloody
- gadzooks
- 'sblood
- 'sdeath
- 'struth, strewth
- 'zounds, zounds