body of me en · INTJ
Meanings
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(dated) An oath.
"Body of me," said Tirian. "That is better. I feel a true man again."
1956, C. S. Lewis, The Last Battle:When it had settled, the youth, his head turned over his shoulder, his small dark red eyes half closed, heard Barquentine say: 'So you can call the dogs off! Body of me, if it isn't time! Time and enough. Nine days wasted! […]
1950, Mervyn Peake, Gormenghast: