jiminy

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Instead, he fell to floggin' harder, workin' his arm up an' down like a steam-engin What the jiminy are 'ee doin?'

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  • If Sarah Palin shows signs, or even signs of signs, that she is trying for some DC "strange new respect" - if, for example, she were to declare that, by jiminy, yes siree, comprehensive immigration reform is just what this country needs - then I shall be taking a walk on —  The Corner
  • Gingold Theatrical Group, that's been occupying a lot of brain space over the last eight months and by jiminy, I have about 85 pages that represent a … dare I say it … first rough draft. —  Histriomastix
  • Perhaps between his day job as an electrician (yup, just an ordinary Joe, just like you and me - gosh, it's shades of Sara Palin, by jiminy!), and his webmastering, Mr. Dieckmann is too busy.
  • Or would Mr Justice Alito suddenly have discovered that "by jiminy the Establishment Clause does enter into this after all and the govt has no right to sponsor one religion above another"? —  Fact-esque
  • SR: Again jiminy to bring you back down, many members of the GOP are beneficiaries of those organizations. —  Politics on the Hudson
 

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