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by God's teeth en · ADV

Etymology

See by God and God's teeth.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) I swear
   • By God's teeth, I have been burned by this living devil so many times! 2000, Stephen Thomas Knight, Thomas H. Ohlgren, Robin Hood and Other Outlaw Tales, TEAMS, →ISBN, page 683:
   • By God's teeth, I will not grant them liberties which will make me a slave! 1850, William Shakespeare, The Complete Works of William Shakespeare: Carefully Collated and Compared with the Editions of Halliwell, Knight, Collier, and Others, with Historical and Critical Introductions and Notes to Each Play, and a Life of the Great Dramatist, Volume 1, Go W. Borland & Company, page 2:

by God's teeth en · INTJ

Etymology

See by God and God's teeth.

Meanings

1. An exclamation of surprise or amazement.
   • Once free his immediate reaction was to swear angrily, 'By God's teeth! I've been disgraced. I could swear I've eaten the Devil himself!' 1998, Thomas H. Ohlgren, Medieval Outlaws: Ten Tales in Modern English, Sutton, →ISBN, page 91:

Synonyms

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