Meanings
interjection
- archaicAn expression of surprise, shock etc.
Begad, Perry, old fellow, all's well at last, eh?" exclaimed Anthony, grasping my hand. "What I mean to say is — will ye look at 'em, begad!.
1922, Jeffery Farnol, Peregrine's Progress, page 4391 more example
You have a good name, good wits, good manners, and a good person—and, begad! I don't see why you shouldn't marry a woman with money—get into—distinguish yourself, and—and, in fact, that sort of thing.
1848 November – 1850 December, William Makepeace Thackeray, The History of Pendennis. […], volume I, London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1849, →OCLC, page 287
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