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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun An improper form of halidom.

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Examples

  • "Why, by my halidame," thought Manners, "the whole contrivance will fall down together and crush me."

    Heiress of Haddon William E. Doubleday

  • "Enough, by my halidame!" said Edward, laughing bitterly.

    The World's Greatest Books — Volume 06 — Fiction Various 1909

  • One day he went to the dungeon and said to the prisoners, "By my halidame!"

    Amusements in Mathematics Henry Ernest Dudeney 1893

  • ” The company had scarcely time to think she would not obey this summons, when Baptista, all in amaze, exclaimed, “Now, by my halidame, here comes Katharine!

    The Taming of the Shrew 1878

  • "Ay, by my halidame! poor sleep by the side of the beehive you have stricken down."

    Harold : the Last of the Saxon Kings — Complete Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838

  • "Ay, by my halidame! poor sleep by the side of the beehive you have stricken down."

    Harold : the Last of the Saxon Kings — Volume 01 Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838

  • In truth, now that Adam was thoroughly in his own sphere, was in the domain of which he was king, and those beings in velvet and ermine were but as ignorant savages admitted to the frontier of his realm, his form seemed to dilate into a majesty the beholders had not before recognized; and even the lazy Edward muttered involuntarily, "By my halidame, the man has a noble presence!"

    The Last of the Barons — Volume 03 Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838

  • In truth, now that Adam was thoroughly in his own sphere, was in the domain of which he was king, and those beings in velvet and ermine were but as ignorant savages admitted to the frontier of his realm, his form seemed to dilate into a majesty the beholders had not before recognized; and even the lazy Edward muttered involuntarily, "By my halidame, the man has a noble presence!"

    The Last of the Barons — Complete Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838

  • “By my halidame, if it should ever be known that I said it —”

    The Castle of Otranto 1764

  • "By my halidame, if it should ever be known that I said it --"

    The Castle of Otranto Horace Walpole 1757

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