By Jingo
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By Jingo
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The expression by Jingo is a minced oath that appeared rarely in print, but which may be traced as far back as to at least the 17th century in a transparent euphemism for "by Jesus". The OED attests the first appearance in 1694, in an English edition of the works of François Rabelais as a translation for the French par Dieu!. The full expression is "By the living Jingo", substituting for the phrase "By the living God". "Living Jingo" refers to a legend attached to St. Gengulphus that after his m
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