English

Interjection

ods bodikins

1. (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