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Od⋅zooks

  [od-zooks, -zooks]
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–interjection
Gadzooks.
Also, Od⋅zook⋅ers  [od-zook-erz, -zoo-kerz] .

Origin:
1685–95

Gad⋅zooks

  [gad-zooks]
–interjection Archaic.
(used as a mild oath.)
Also, Odzooks, Odzookers.

Origin:
1645–55; perh. repr. God's hooks (i.e., the nails of Christ's Cross); cf. Gad
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Word Origin & History

gadzooks 
1694, from some exclamation, possibly God's hooks (nails of the cross) or even God's hocks. The use of Gad for God (cf. egad) is first attested 1598. Among other similar phraseological combinations (all from 17c.) were gadsbobs, gadslid, and gadsniggers.
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