fackins
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Etymology edit
Corruption of fay, faith ( + -kins).
Noun edit
fackins (uncountable)
- (obsolete) Used in exclamatory phrases to express surprise, insistence, etc.
- 1749, Henry Fielding, Tom Jones, Folio Society, published 1973, page 152:
- I suppose he hath left me mourning; but, i’fackins! if that be all, the devil shall wear it for him, for me.