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odd's bodikin: synonyms: ʼsblood, odds bobs, by Jingo ???

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an exclamation of surprise or anger

"od" or "odd" is a euphimism for "God" and "bodikin" is a euphimism for "body", so literally "God's body".

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Odd's bodikin, man, better: use every man after his desert, and who should scape whipping?

Shakespeare, Hamlet

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