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Example Sentences

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Troth, Jenny, that ewe will waur ye; 'od I think ye hae gotten haud o' the auld tup himsel.

From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 10 by Various

A tavern!" quoth he, "A tavern, 'od rot 'em and here's me hove short in this plaguy hole!

From Black Bartlemy's Treasure by Farnol, Jeffery

"Get off me, 'od rot you; you're smothering me," he gasped.

From Helmet of Navarre by Runkle, Bertha

"The lions! 'od, sir, are there ony lions hereawa?" said I. "Many that you know nothing of," said he, stuffing his pocket-napkin into his mouth, to keep the dust oot, I thocht.

From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 16 by Various

In drat, formerly 'od rot, zounds for God's wounds, 'sdeath, odsbodikins, etc., there is probably a deliberate avoidance of profanity.

From The Romance of Words (4th ed.) by Weekley, Ernest