gor

1. colloquialdatednonstandardGod.

   Gor Lumme! Now I've done it! That's too much, Blount."

   1947, Cecil Day-Lewis (as Nicholas Blake), Minute for Murder

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   By gor, den, we must needs now sing. Ding, ding, ading, Dinga, dinga, ding. For me am now at pleasures spring.

   1878 [1616], John Marston, “IACKE DRVMS Entertainement, or the Comedie of Pasqvil and Katherine”, in Richard Simpson, BA, editor, The School of Shakspere, page 190

   Well, the last bishkit was sarved out, and by gor, the wather itself was all gone at last, and we passed the night mighty cowld.

   c. 1832-1836, Samuel Lover, The Gridiron: Or, Paddy Mullowney's travels in France, page 9223

   […]"by Gor! You must stop dat dam racket![…]And, by Gor, none of you has de right to dat whale;[…].

   1851, Herman Melville, Moby Dick, page 418

   Oh Gor Almighty you be one good Gor Almighty, and dis nigga tankee you, and dis nigga promise to be one good nigga, and neber to cuss no more. Oh good Gor Almighty!

   1858, George Lippard, The Quaker Soldier, Or, The British in Philadelphia: An Historical Novel, page 371

   "Gor, Blimey," Burns curses, looking over his shoulder at his boss, "Here's what they've been hiding, Sir."

   2015, Eddie Robbert, Heads Win, Tail Lose, page 96

plural GORs

1. abbreviationacronymAcronym of general operation requirement, a document type produced by the United States Air Force.

   On 14 October 1954, the Air Force published GOR-38, "General Operation Requirement for an Intercontinental Bombardment Weapon System Piloted Bomber."

   2004, Dennis R. Jenkins, Tony R. Landis, chapter 2, in Valkyrie, Minnesota, Unites States: Specialty Press, →ISBN, page 17