"zooks" meaning in English

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Interjection

  1. (archaic) Synonym of gadzooks Tags: archaic Synonyms: gadzooks [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-zooks-en-intj-ZqmxUqts Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
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          "text": "The squire gave him a good curse at his departure; and then turning to the parson, he cried out, \"I smoke it: I smoke it. Tom is certainly the father of this bastard. Zooks, parson, you remember how he recommended the veather o' her to me. D—n un, what a sly b—ch 'tis. Ay, ay, as sure as two-pence, Tom is the veather of the bastard.\"",
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