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Gawd|gɔːd|
Also gaw, gawd.
Vulgar or slang pronunciation of god n. So Gawd-forbid = God-forbid (god n. 8 d); Gawd-help-us, Gawdelpus, a helpless or exasperating person.
1877G. Meredith Let. 24 Nov. (1970) I. 553 Your Black Christian..appears to have been blest by Gawd recently. 1892I. Zangwill Childr. Ghetto I. x. 223 ‘Is your Daniel in?’ ‘Yes.’ ‘Tank Gawd! I mean, can I see him?’ 1896A. Morrison Child of Jago xxviii. 272 Run, for Gawd's sake, or the woman'll croak! 1908H. G. Wells War in Air iv. 115 ‘Gaw!’ said Bert. ‘We're going up!’ 1911L. Stone Jonah i. ix. 104 Gawd, 'e's stiffened 'im! 1912A. M. N. Lyons Clara xv. 162 Look at all the Gawdelpuses ya see on the trams—cow-spirited, cocoa-faced makeshifts. 1928‘Sapper’ Female of Species v. 76 ‘A lounge lizard. A ball-room snake. What matter that his Black Bottom is the best in London.’ ‘My Gawd! sir,’ gasped the other. ‘His 'ow much?’ 1931Wodehouse If I were You ix. 98 He had always been an ugly sort of Gawd-help-us. 1936J. Curtis Gilt Kid vii. 73 Why don't you take off your gawd-forbid? We're passing the Cenotaph. 1937Partridge Dict. Slang 319/1 Gawd forbid, a variant of God forbid [= kid]. 1955M. Allingham Beckoning Lady xiv. 204 You take 'Er Ladyship and the Gawd-ferbid to the party. 1961Wodehouse Ice in Bedroom iii. 25 A potbellied baggy-trousered Gawd-help-us. 1967L. White Crimshaw Memo. (1968) v. 93 Gawd knows I got enough problems. |