'snails
See also: snails
English edit
Etymology edit
From God's nails, or His nails, i.e. those with which Jesus Christ was crucified.
Interjection edit
'snails
- (obsolete) An oath.
- c. 1613, Thomas Middleton, William Rowley, “Wit at Several Weapons. A Comedy.”, in Comedies and Tragedies […], London: […] Humphrey Robinson, […], and for Humphrey Moseley […], published 1647, →OCLC, Act V, scene i:
- 'Snails , I'm almost starv'd with Love, and Cold, and one thing or other
Further reading edit
- “'snails”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.