by thunder
English
Adverb
by thunder (not comparable)
- Used for emphasis, sometimes with a threatening implication.
- 1849, Masonic Signet and Literary Mirror (volume 1, page 379)
- "Mr. Pillow, Sir, none of your impertinence, or I will chastise you as well as this fellow." "That's a two handed game, by thunder," said Long Tom, " […] I dare you to deadly combat. […] "
- 1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, Sydney: Ure Smith, published 1962, OCLC 751607287, page 76:
- "Have it out with him to-night. Fair and square. Out he goes, Edmund, neck and crop. Out, by thunder."
- 1999, J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN, page 283:
- 'Shocking business ... shocking ... miracle none of them died ... never heard the like ... by thunder, it was lucky you were there, Snape ...'
- 1849, Masonic Signet and Literary Mirror (volume 1, page 379)