od's niggers

alternative odd's niggers

1. obsoleteExclamation of surprise, anger etc.

   Odd's niggers! they ha' lock'd the door; I must clamber over the wall and get round the front.

   1835, anonymous author, “Husbands and Wives”, in Alexander's Modern Acting Drama, volume II

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   [T]he landlord, starting up at the well known sound, cried, “Odd's niggers! there is the commodore with his company, as sure as I live!”

   1751, [Tobias] Smollett, The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle […], volume (please specify |volume=I to IV), London: Harrison and Co., […], →OCLC

   If my father did but drink a cup of small beer more than his wont, or did break out upon provocation into any fond oath, as “Od's niggers!” or “Heart alive!” he would mourn over it as though it were the seven deadly sins.

   1889, Arthur Conan Doyle, Micah Clarke