'dswounds

English

Etymology

Contraction of God's wounds; see zounds.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /dzwundz/
  • Rhymes: -uːndz

Interjection

'dswounds

  1. (archaic) Synonym of zounds.
    • 1712, John Arbuthnot, The History of John Bull:
      Dswounds ! why dost thou not lay out thy money to purchase a place at court, of honest Israel ?

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