'sdeath
Americaninterjection
Etymology
Origin of 'sdeath
Euphemistic shortening of God's death; 's 3
Example Sentences
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For that matter, I'd have noticed it when I looked back at the Ghostgirls—if it worked as Sid claimed, and he said he had never seen it in operation, just read in the manual—oh, 'sdeath!
From The Big Time by Leiber, Fritz
Heaven save the mark, bless the mark!, can such things be!, zounds!, 'sdeath!
From Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases by Roget, Peter Mark
"But 'sdeath, Tim, I thought not to see you here!"
From The Golden Galleon BEING A NARRATIVE OF THE ADVENTURES OF MASTER GILBERT OGLANDER, AND OF HOW, IN THE YEAR 1591, HE FOUGHT UNDER THE GALLANT SIR by Leighton, Robert
Sure I was born with budding antlers like a young satyr, or a citizen's child, 'sdeath, to be out-witted, to be out-jilted, out-matrimonied.
From The Way of the World by Congreve, William
Because your brother is the corpulent duke, That is, the great duke, 'sdeath, I shall not shortly Racket away five hundred crowns at tennis, But it shall rest 'pon record!
From The White Devil by Webster, John
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