blood and turf

interjection

An expression of surprise or dismay; good gracious; hell's bells.

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Meanings

interjection
  1. obsoleteAn expression of surprise or dismay; good gracious; hell's bells.

    "Beer!" sez Tom: "Blud an' turf, man, whare did ye git it?" "Whare did I git it, is it? why I med it to be shure; an' what do ye think I med it av?"

    1850, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, London: H.G. Bohn, page 374
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