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Gadzooks

[gad-ZOOKS]

Part of speech: exclamation

Origin: English, late 17th century

1.

An exclamation of surprise or annoyance.

Examples of Gadzooks in a sentence

"Gadzooks! This coffee is hot!"

"I was just walking down the street, and gadzooks, it started pouring!"

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