jumping Jehoshaphat in English

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          "ref": "1866, Thomas Mayne Reid, The Headless Horseman: A Strange Tale of Texas (Western), London: Richard Bentley, →ISBN, page 100:",
          "text": "By the jumpin' Geehosofat, what a gurl she air sure enuf!",
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        "Used to express astonishment."
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        "(US, dated) Used to express astonishment."
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          "word": "great Scott"
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          "sense": "expression of astonishment",
          "word": "jumping Jesus"
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  "word": "jumping Jehoshaphat"
}

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          "ref": "1866, Thomas Mayne Reid, The Headless Horseman: A Strange Tale of Texas (Western), London: Richard Bentley, →ISBN, page 100:",
          "text": "By the jumpin' Geehosofat, what a gurl she air sure enuf!",
          "type": "quote"
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Used to express astonishment."
      ],
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        "(US, dated) Used to express astonishment."
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      "sense": "expression of astonishment",
      "word": "great Scott"
    },
    {
      "sense": "expression of astonishment",
      "word": "jumping Jesus"
    }
  ],
  "word": "jumping Jehoshaphat"
}

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"jumping Jehoshaphat" meaning in English

Interjection