"py chiminey" meaning in English

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Interjection

Head templates: {{en-interj|head=py chiminey}} py chiminey
  1. (Germanesque, nonce word) Pronunciation spelling of by Jiminy. Tags: alt-of, nonce-word, pronunciation-spelling Alternative form of: by Jiminy
    Sense id: en-py_chiminey-en-intj-3GOqZT25 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English pronunciation spellings

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          "ref": "1894 December 1, “Grocer Gilb Thought It Funny”, in The New-York Times, volume 44, number 13,503, New-York, page 10",
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          "ref": "1906 May, Caroline Lockhart, “Marked Mit Cats”, in Lippincott's Monthly Magazine, volume 77, number 461, page 582",
          "text": "“Den, py chiminey!” roared Mr. Vogel, “I vill keep this cat if I haf to build a cat hotel. I am made ashamed to dink I raised a vife and childern vat vould gif a cat like this to the Cruelty.[…]”",
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          "ref": "1910, Edwin Balmer, William MacHarg, “The Man Higher Up”, in The Achievements of Luther Trant, Boston: Small, Maynard & Company, page 164",
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          "ref": "1924, Sidney Herschel Small, chapter 4, in Fourscore, Book 1: Westward, New York: Grosset & Dunlap, page 102",
          "text": "“No,” John agreed. “It ain’t my argument. But I bet I make it mine! So!” He swept his hand across the other’s cheek. “Now, py chiminey, if you got to be a brute, be one with me! When I get done, you listen to Owen, I bet you!”",
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