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Webster 1913 Edition
Jingo
Jin′go
,Noun.
pl.
Jingoes
(#)
. [Said to be a corruption of St.
Gingoulph
.] 1.
A word used as a jocular oath.
“By the living jingo.” Goldsmith.
☞ This sense arose from a doggerel song which was popular during the Turco-Russian war of 1877 and 1878. The first two lines were as follows: –
We don’t want to fight, but by
We 've got the ships, we 've got the men, we 've got the money too.
Jingo
if we do,We 've got the ships, we 've got the men, we 've got the money too.