ods bodikins
English
Alternative forms
- Gadsbodikins
- ods bodikin
- odds bud, oddsbud, ods bud
- adsbud
- 'sbodikins
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.
See also
- blimey
- bloody
- gadzooks
- 'sblood
- 'sdeath
- 'struth, strewth
- 'zounds, zounds