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- interjection UK Expressing
surprise ,anger , etc.
Etymologies
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Examples
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All we need now is someone in gorblimey trousers and I'll be well away...
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Today has been a reading day and I am going from the gorblimey to the sublime today.
Even in a little thing gillpolack 2006
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From Gissing to Patterson is rather like from the sublime to the gorblimey.
Even in a little thing gillpolack 2005
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"But" - he sighed and looked around the noisy glittering place, at the smart barmaids, the well-clad throng of loungers, some in evening dress, the half-dozen gorgeous ladies sitting with men at little tables by the window -- "I thinks as how you gets more real happiness in a quiet village pub, and the beer is cheaper, and -- gorblimey!"
The Fortunate Youth 1914
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"I thinks as how you gets more real happiness in a quiet village pub, and the beer is cheaper, and -- gorblimey!"
The Fortunate Youth William John Locke 1896
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At times what the Telegraph called Lily's "mannered gorblimey" irritates rather than amuses though it has to be said that "Never Gonna Happen" fuses electro-pop sounds to Abba immediacy to make a hugely catchy sound.
Cross Rhythms 2009
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Less gorblimey ska, more emotional tug - Lily Allen is heading in the right direction in this demanding and exciting role, you will work ….
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At times what the Telegraph called Lily's "mannered gorblimey" irritates rather than amuses though it has to be said that "Never Gonna Happen" fuses electro-pop sounds to Abba immediacy to make a hugely catchy sound.
Cross Rhythms 2009
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The only time the audience responds to the words is when the music stops, and the speaking characters - the gorblimey Guard, the wooden Messenger - can tell the story unimpeded.
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The only time the audience responds to the words is when the music stops, and the speaking characters - the gorblimey Guard, the wooden Messenger - can tell the story unimpeded.
sionnach commented on the word gorblimey
God blind me!
February 14, 2007