Meanings
alternative corblimey
- CommonwealthIrelandUKAn exclamation of surprise.
"No, the way I see it, they ain't come yet - an' that means they ain't never goin' to come - an' that means there ain't nobody to come. Cor, blimey, 'oo'd ever've thought it could 'appen like this!"
1951, John Wyndham, The Day of the Triffids, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, published 1954Synonyms: adzooks, ay, caramba, mirabile dictu, chihuahua, begorra, bleeding heck, bleeding Nora
Synonyms & antonyms
interjectionAn exclamation of surprise.
Origin
A minced oath from may God blind me.
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