"jiminy" meaning in English

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Interjection

IPA: /d͡ʒɪməni/ [General-American]
Etymology: An alteration of earlier Gemini (“an expression of mild surprise or annoyance”); see there for more. Head templates: {{en-interj}} jiminy
  1. (dated) An expression of mild surprise or annoyance. Tags: dated Synonyms: geeminy, geminy, gemony, jeminy, jimminy Derived forms: by Jiminy, jiminy Christmas, Jiminy Cricket
    Sense id: en-jiminy-en-intj-R8EBF0jF Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Alternative forms

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          "ref": "1956, Joe Evans Brown, Laughter Is a Wonderful Thing, New York, N.Y.: A. S. Barnes and Company, page 77:",
          "text": "\"Jimminy!\" I thought. \"Now I can do my Christmas shopping just like anybody.\" I dashed out along the town's main street to look at the glowing store windows and ponder what to buy.",
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          "ref": "1968, Peter Dickinson, The Glass-Sided Ant's Nest, New York, N.Y., Evanston, I.L.: Harper & Row, Publishers, page 23:",
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