cripes
Americaninterjection
interjection
Etymology
Origin of cripes
First recorded in 1905–10; apparently euphemistic alteration of Christ
Example Sentences
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I was a pallbearer at her sister’s funeral, for cripes sake!
From Slate • Jun. 12, 2021
You wait, by cripes, till yuh see us where we git warmed up and strung out proper!
From The Phantom Herd by Bower, B. M.
Did yuh hear what Patsy said, by cripes, when he was loading up the chuck-wagon at the store?
From The Happy Family by Bower, B. M.
Then, after a kind of dazed once-over of the raft, fore-and-aft: “By cripes, the kid is gone!”
From Down the Columbia by Freeman, Lewis R. (Lewis Ransome)
"I know, by cripes, I'm goin' to mend my ways," Big Medicine declared meaningly.
From The Phantom Herd by Bower, B. M.
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