Godsookers

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• gadzooks — 1690s, from some exclamation, possibly God s hooks (nails of the cross) or even God s hocks. Cf. godsookers (1670s). The use of Gad for God (Cf. EGAD (Cf. egad)) is first attested 1590s. Among other similar phraseological combinations (all from… …   Etymology dictionary