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What is the origin of the word odsbodikins?

Question #66608. Asked by wdwfla.
Last updated May 28 2021.

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lanfranco
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Do you mean "Odds bodkins"? This is one of those profanities that was historically softened into what is called a "minced oath." It originally meant "God's nail's."

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link https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minced_oath

Jun 05 2006, 8:21 PM
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zbeckabee
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zbeckabee
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Answer has 4 votes.

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Don't know how legit this is...but, just stumbled upon it...
Q.: I was trying to determine the origin of the word "Odds Bodkins" which just jumped into my peabrain whilst answering someone else's question on a sewing list that I'm on. They were asking about "holding clamps" and one kind is called a Bodkin. But I remember my grandmother {long dead} using the term Odds Bodkins.
A.: Actually, the exclamation is spelled "odsbodikins!" It means a general oath and first appeared in the 18th century book, God's Little Body.
mindlesscrap.com/stumpme/07-02.htm webpage no longer exists


Response last updated by gtho4 on May 28 2021.
Jun 05 2006, 8:43 PM
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