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by Christmas

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by Christmas

  1. (dated) Synonym of Christmas (“exclamation of annoyance or surprise”)
    • 1899, E. W. Hornung, The Amateur Cracksman:
      “Spit it out, or, by Christmas, I'll drill you!”
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