jiminy
or jim·mi·ny
[ jim-uh-nee ]
interjection
(a mild exclamation of surprise, emotion, or awe.)
Origin of jiminy
11810–20; perhaps alteration of Latin Jēsu Domine Lord Jesus!
Words Nearby jiminy
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How to use jiminy in a sentence
But even in LA, Emandal has developed into a sort of jiminy Cricket I interplay with daily.
By jiminy, we got to carry our cameras up a cliff and get some goat pictures.
Boy Scouts in Glacier Park | Walter Prichard EatonBut jiminy, I was sleepy when Carson woke me and I had to stagger out into the dark and the cold.
Pluck on the Long Trail | Edwin L. SabinTheres no good and bad; but by jiminy, gents, theres a rotten game, and theres a great game.
The Shewing-up of Blanco Posnet | George Bernard Shawjiminy, but it looked good and I wished we were up at Temple Camp, raising our colors near the boat landing.
Roy Blakeley | Percy Keese Fitzhugh
In later years, the phrase degenerated to the simple "by jiminy," and its meaning had been lost.
Rip Foster in Ride the Gray Planet | Harold Leland Goodwin
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