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Originally Posted by lugerholsterrepair
By Jove! Now there's a saying that ain't heard everyday by youngsters! Wasn't Jove a butler or was that Jeeves?
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I was thinking it might be Mr. Camphor's butler, from Freddy the Pig, but no, his name was "Bannister". Tally-ho!
"by Jove"
(dated, chiefly British) minced oath for by God, Jove referring to Jupiter.
1623: William Shakespeare, Love's Labour's Lost, Act V, scene II.
By Jove, I always took three threes for nine.
1623: William Shakespeare, The Tragedy of Antony and Cleopatra, Act III, scene XIII.
Favours, by Jove that thunders! What art thou, fellow?
1916: P. G. Wodehouse, A Wodehouse Miscellany, Jeeves Takes Charge.
Well, I wasn't going to have any of that sort of thing, by Jove!
Synonyms
gadzooks, gaw, darn, dash