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- interjection A
minced oath that expressessurprise .
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Examples
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Agriculture bested hunting and gathering not because it was easier -- criminy, it was so much harder!
On this Earth Day, a question: Take care of the garden or let it grow wild? 2010
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Heinz Donaubauer 6 months ago holy mother of criminy...no additional light and still a very clear image. impressive
Nocturne on Vimeo 2010
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Agriculture bested hunting and gathering not because it was easier -- criminy, it was so much harder!
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The light at the end of the tunnel may be an oncoming train, but it's a train I'm going to catch, by criminy.
strychnine is a grand tonic, kemp, to take to take the flabbiness out of a man! matociquala 2008
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I mean, criminy, if not for her courageous failure to mention JFK, one would suspect she had Penn poll the question before answering it.
Hillary Endorsed By String Of Weeklies In New Hampshire 2009
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Oh criminy, why is it always on the saturday I work?
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But criminy, you'd think he could at least come up with a little fresh material to throw in and spice it up bit.
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But before he can do that, Emily, who has been wasting away--criminy, it's a nineteenth-century novel; what did you expect?
Protestant Truths and Roman Catholic Errors: Part II of II 2009
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| Reply | Permalink guys -- this is a friggin 'JOKE. it's making fun of this whole thing. is this not obvious? criminy.
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I mean criminy, does she have any economic plans that weren't tried, and proven disasterous back when Nixon was playing God of the Command Economy in the 70s?
Here's Obama's Ad Pushing Back On Hilllary's "Gas Tax Holiday" Hit 2009
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