Lexicographical Neighbors of Jabers
Literary usage of Jabers
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Speaker's Garland: Comprising 100 Choice Selections by Phineas Garrett (1903)
"he said, " It's up till the very lip-top I will rush, And then if it falls, it's
not meself it'll crush, Be jabers!" " Whisht a bit," said an owld man, ..."
2. The Argonauts of California: Being the Reminiscences of Scenes and Incidents by Charles Warren Haskins (1890)
"Be jabers, thin!" answered Mike, " vez can ... an'be jabers yez'll be afther ...
toime throwin' thim grand ould hills into ther vallies below, be jabers ! ..."
3. The Writings of Mark Twain [pseud.] by Mark Twain, Charles Dudley Warner (1889)
"You should make him say,' In this country, be jabers, came never knight since it
was christened, but he found strange adventures, ..."
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