cripes

Example Sentences

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I was a pallbearer at her sister’s funeral, for cripes sake!

From Slate • Jun. 12, 2021

"Say, we'll just borry one of them dray teams from the Acme corral, by cripes, and haul our own stuff to the depot!"

From The Phantom Herd by Bower, B. M.

By cripes, a feller can't as much as take a five cent cigar out of his pocket without all hands tryin' to make a—a molehill out of it.

From Galusha the Magnificent by Lincoln, Joseph Crosby

Come-Paddy, he's hangin' out in the house now, by cripes, 'cept when he takes a sashay down to the stable lookin' fer more.

From The Phantom Herd by Bower, B. M.

"Seems t' me we've done enough ridin' and actin', by cripes, t' make half a dozen pitchers better'n what I've ever saw."

From The Phantom Herd by Bower, B. M.