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Definition of Egads
1. egad [interj] - See also: egad
Lexicographical Neighbors of Egads
Literary usage of Egads
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Noctes Ambrosianæ by John Wilson, James Hogg, William Maginn, John Gibson Lockhart (1854)
"The Hang its! and egads! and so forth, give a wonderful lightness and relief to'
the doctrine. But, as you say, the burden of the whole song is fourteen ..."
2. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1828)
"The Hang Us ! and egads ! and so forth, give a wonderful lightness and relief to
the doctrine. But, as you say, tbe burden of the whole song is fourteen ..."
3. The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine (1892)
"... set — egads, what a night it was ! The furious sea boiled over the rails, and
filled the decks. Every crack that led below had been battened tight. ..."
4. Bell's British Theatre: Consisting of the Most Esteemed English Plays by John Bell (1797)
"Why, then—— 'egads brother, it shall be so— I'll back again to White's, and
whoever dares mutter scandal of rny brother and sister, I'll dash his ratafia in ..."
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