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Jehoshaphat orig. U.S.|dʒɪˈhɒʃəfæt, -səfæt|
Also Jehosaphat, etc.
A biblical name (2 Sam. viii. 16, etc.) used interjectionally as a mild expletive. Freq. jumping Jehoshaphat.
1857S. A. Hammett Sam Slick in Texas xxiv. 161 ‘Jehosophat!’..‘Easy over the stones, Joe,’ ses I. 1866Mayne Reid Headless Horseman vi. 39 Geehosofat! what a putty beest it air! Ibid. xviii. 100 By the jumpin' Geehosofat, what a gurl she air sure enuf! 1876[see great a. 12 c]. 1898J. D. Brayshaw Slum Silhouettes 123 ‘Oh, Jehosephat!’ cried the old man, with a chuckle. 1935G. Heyer Death in Stocks iv. 41 ‘Great jumping Jehoshaphat!’ he exclaimed. ‘Who did it?’ 1972Guardian 16 Dec. 10/1 Why Jeehosophat, Houston, you surely have hit the jack-rabbit on the head. |