fergawdsakes

English

Interjection

fergawdsakes

1. Alternative form of fergawdsake
   • 1945 June, John R. Hoyt, “When You Learn To Fly - Get A Tough Instructor”, in Flying Magazine, volume 36, number 6, page 146:

     And fergawdsakes, when your instructor tells you something, acknowledge by nodding or indicate you didn't understand by appropriate expressions.

   • 1952, The Square Peg, page 38:

     Mr. Prestopnick's hat ascended on a rippled brow as he uttered, “Fergawdsakes, reggie ain't my name.

   • 2011, Parker Blue, Fang Me, →ISBN, page 6:

     I noticed something else— pine garlands with red bows topped the windows, holiday do-dads seemed to perch on every surface I could see, and there was even a Christmas tree in the corner... with twinkling fairy lights on it, fergawdsakes.